A ship involved with the deep-sea sonar search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is being fitted with a drone to examine several sonar contacts of interest on the remote seabed west of Australia. A drone has been deployed to locate the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 , which vanished on 8 March 2018 . Over 100 sonar contacts have been identified for use by the underwater drone , at locations ranging from 1,200 to 1,700 km from the Australian port of Fremantle . Having previously been unable to install the drone due to poor weather , officials have said the search will be completed by December .
A drone has been deployed to locate the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 , which vanished on 8 March 2018 . Over 100 sonar contacts have been identified for use by the underwater drone , at locations ranging from 1,200 to 1,700 km from the Australian port of Fremantle . Having previously been unable to install the drone due to poor weather , officials have said the search will be completed by December .