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　　Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been missing formore than 13 months. The airplane, a Boeing 777,was carrying 239 people on a flight betweenMalaysia and China. The plane disappeared over theIndian Ocean on March 8, 2014.

　　Months of air, sea and underwater searchers have yet to find any evidence of the aircraft.Officials involved in the investigation have been considering what to do next if nothing is foundin the current area of exploration.

　　This week, three countries announced plans to double the search area if no evidence of Flight370 is found soon. The announcement followed a joint meeting of Malaysian, Chinese andAustralian officials in Kuala Lumpur.

　　Malaysia's Transport Minister, Liow Tiong Lai, spoke to reporters after the talks on Thursday.He said an expanded search will start to the north of the current search area in the IndianOcean, off the western coast of Australia.

　　"If the aircraft is not found within the current 60,000 square kilometer search area, we havecollectively decided to extend the search by an additional 60,000 square kilometers within thehighest probability area."

　　Looking for wreckage in that extended area could take a year. Since last March, crews haveexplored more than 60 percent of the current search area. The Malaysian, Chinese andAustralian officials continue to express hope that the aircraft will be found in those waters.That is where experts have said Flight 370 most likely went down.

　　Warren Truss is Australia's deputy prime minister. He says crews are using some of the bestequipment in the world to look for the plane. Mr. Truss describes the underwater search areaas very challenging or difficult. He notes the search area is a five- to six-day trip from theclosest port.

　　"The weather conditions are challenging. The remoteness of the site is challenging. Thedepth of the sea in the search area is challenging. The roughness of the sea bed ischallenging."

　　Two-thirds of Flight 370's passengers are Chinese nationals. Yang Chuangtang is China'sTransportation Minister. He noted his government's desire to discover exactly what happenedto the passengers and crew.

　　In his words, "No matter the challenges that will be confronted, China will stand alongsidefriends Australia and Malaysia to continue the search until the aircraft is found, and themystery of this unprecedented tragedy in the aviation industry is solved."

　　The ministers refused to answer reporters' questions about how much the additional searchwould cost.

　　Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 began in Kuala Lumpur, and was to have ended in Beijing. But theplane failed to follow its expected flight path, and then disappeared from radar.

　　Some observers think the aircraft may have been placed on a different flight path by its pilot.Investigators believe the plane traveled thousands of kilometers before using up all its fuel andfalling into deep, distant waters.

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