article_snippet: Sister of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah statement comes as Malaysia’s Transport Minister has admitted that if the missing Malaysia Airlines plane is not found by May search efforts will go ‘back to the drawing board’.
article_snippet: Back to the drawing board': Malaysia’s Transport Minister Seri Liow Tiong Lai has said that the  search area would be extended if the missing MH370 jet is not found by May .
article_snippet: Ms Sakinab's statement was released as Malaysia’s Transport Minister Seri Liow Tiong Lai suggested that the search area would be extended if MH370 is not found by
article_snippet: May. This means that once again, the search will be carried out from the southern Indian Ocean to the Himalayan Mountains, as far west as the Maldives and as far east - and beyond - as the South China Sea.
article_snippet: Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott said this week that the search for MH370 off the coast of Australia might have to be scaled back after the year-long-search .
article_snippet: Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott told the New Straits Times that any decision to re-strategise the search - or look again at the methods employed - would only be done if the current scouring of the ocean floor in the southern Indian Ocean did not find the aircraft’s wreckage.
article_snippet: It is important to continue the search for MH370 off the coast of Australia and hopefully we can complete the search for MH370 off the coast of Australia by then,’ Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a reference to
article_snippet: Mr Liow, speaking in Kuala Lumpur was responding to a comment by Australia Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, who said this week that the search and recovery effort might have to be scaled back after the year-long-search.
article_snippet: There is no discussion on the issue to stop the year-long-search,’ said Mr Liow.
article_snippet: This is because as far as we are concerned, it is a tripartite decision (between Australia, Malaysia and China) that has made a commitment to complete the search in the 60,000 square kilometers.
article_snippet: ’ Australian search director, Paul Kennedy, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation today that ‘we’re scanning continuously, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
article_snippet: '’ Australian search director, Paul Kennedy’re out there for six weeks at a time.
highlights_snippet: Malaysia says search will be extended if MH370 is not found by May .