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Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 39 (from laksa181)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa039.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://time.com/46433/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-mh-370-missing-plane/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://time.com/46433/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-mh-370-missing-plane/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/time.com\/46433\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-mh-370-missing-plane\/","crawl_time":1776692046,"first_indexed_time":1562157649,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,time!\/46433\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-mh-370-missing-plane\/ s443","src_root_hash":"9797552172251460839","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Fate of Missing Plane May Never Be Known","meta_descriptions":["Investigators are contemplating defeat in the search for MH 370"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Officials\nraised the possibility\non Wednesday that the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane missing for almost a month may never be determined, even as they said its disappearance is now being treated as a criminal investigation.\n“Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing,” Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said, the Associated Press reports. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.”\nMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 soon after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, and subsequent analysis of data transmission indicates it eventually crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. All 239 passengers and crew are presumed lost to the chilly and tempestuous waters.\nKhalid said the criminal investigation is still focused on three possibilities — hijacking, sabotage and psychological problems of anyone aboard the Boeing 777. More than 170 statements have been taken, and investigators plan to take even more, he said. All passengers on the flight have been\ncleared\nof any role in hijacking, sabotage, or having personal psychological issues that could have led to the plane’s disappearance, CNN reports.\nMeanwhile, the sonar-equipped British submarine H.M.S.\nTireless\nhas joined the search team, which on Wednesday numbered 10 planes and nine ships. But without tracing any debris to an impact point, authorities are left to comb about 85,000 sq. miles (220,000 sq km) of ocean — roughly the size of Utah — some 930 miles (1,500 km) west of Perth, Australia.\nExperts point to the 60 years it took to\nfind\nH.M.A.S.\nSydney\nand the 80 years to find the\nTitanic\nas an indication of the arduous task ahead. “And both of those are considerably bigger than the poor old 777,” Jason Middleton, an aviation professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, tells TIME. “The chances of finding it are very, very small.”\nEven the largest possible floating objects, such as empty fuel tanks that have not ruptured or remain attached to heavy engines, have likely sunk by now. “They would almost certainly be on the bottom,” Middleton says. “Otherwise [anything floating] will be seat cushions and people’s sneakers.”\nChinese ships have already\nruled out\n11 locations in the southern Indian Ocean where suspicious objects had been seen floating, reports China’s state news agency Xinhua.\nWhile the submarine will certainly boost search efforts, there is no telling how long it will stay in the area. If the flight recorder’s pinger battery dies before it is found — as with Air France Flight 447, which\ncrashed\nin the Atlantic in 2009 — then searchers will have to trawl the ocean with submerged side-scan sonars looking at the ocean floor.\n“But when you’re towing something which is 5 km deep, your towline is 20 km long, and you’ve got to worry about running into seamounts,” Middleton says.\nEven if the black box is recovered — it took two years for Air France Flight 447 — there is no guarantee that all questions will be answered. Only information such as the heading, altitude and speed of the aircraft will almost certainly be accessible, as will two hours of recorded “noise” from the cockpit. “So even when they find it there will still be a lot of piecing together of information,” Middleton says.\nMalaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to arrive in Perth late on Wednesday to inspect the search-and-rescue operations. He is expected to meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott on Thursday amid fresh controversy after it emerged that the final communication\ntranscript\nfrom the cockpit was the standard “good night Malaysian 370” rather than the more casual “all right, good night” initially\nproffered\nby authorities. No explanation has been given for the discrepancy, the latest in a string to plague the investigation.\nOn Wednesday, Malaysian authorities held a closed-door briefing for relatives of people who were on the flight. “We had a very good meeting with them, and we answered all their questions,” Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation, told reporters.\nRelatives of the 153 Chinese nationals on board MH 370 have been vigorous in their continued\ncriticism\nof Malaysia’s handling of the disaster.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to Content](https:\/\/time.com\/46433\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-mh-370-missing-plane\/#maincontent)\n\n- Menu\n  \n  Close\n\n[Subscribe](https:\/\/time.com\/subscribe-header-time\/)\n\nIntroducing the TIME100 Most Influential People of 2026\n\n[View More](https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people\/2026\/)\n\n- [World](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/world\/)\n- [Aviation](https:\/\/time.com\/tag\/aviation\/)\n# Fate of Missing Jet May Never Be Known, Officials Concede\n[ADD TIME ON GOOGLE](https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/time.com)\n\nShow me more content from TIME on Google Search\n\n![Charlie Campbell](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt3b163d8a0b596501\/698857f5cd6848125a0a07be\/charlie-campbell-time.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1%3A1)\n\nby\n\n[Charlie Campbell](https:\/\/time.com\/author\/charlie-campbell\/)\n\nEditor at Large\n\nApr 2, 2014 7:58 AM CUT\n\n![Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airborne Electronics Analyst Sergeant Patrick Manser looks out of an observation window aboard a RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft during the search in the southern Indian Ocean for debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines fli](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt81d573f4a39b0abc\/69868877e53aba035c4d1ccb\/malaysia-airlines-search.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2)\n\nRoyal Australian Air Force Airborne Electronics Analyst Sergeant Patrick Manser looks out of an observation window aboard a RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft during the search in the southern Indian Ocean for debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.\n\nRoyal Australian Air Force Airborne Electronics Analyst Sergeant Patrick Manser looks out of an observation window aboard a RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft during the search in the southern Indian Ocean for debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.Australian Defence Force\/Reuters\n\n![Charlie Campbell](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt3b163d8a0b596501\/698857f5cd6848125a0a07be\/charlie-campbell-time.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1%3A1)\n\nby\n\n[Charlie Campbell](https:\/\/time.com\/author\/charlie-campbell\/)\n\nEditor at Large\n\nApr 2, 2014 7:58 AM CUT\n\nOfficials [raised the possibility](http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/malaysia-police-jet-mystery-may-never-be-solved \"undefined\") on Wednesday that the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane missing for almost a month may never be determined, even as they said its disappearance is now being treated as a criminal investigation.\n\n“Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing,” Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said, the Associated Press reports. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.”\n\nMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 soon after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, and subsequent analysis of data transmission indicates it eventually crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. All 239 passengers and crew are presumed lost to the chilly and tempestuous waters.\n\nKhalid said the criminal investigation is still focused on three possibilities — hijacking, sabotage and psychological problems of anyone aboard the Boeing 777. More than 170 statements have been taken, and investigators plan to take even more, he said. All passengers on the flight have been [cleared](http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/04\/02\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-plane\/index.html \"undefined\") of any role in hijacking, sabotage, or having personal psychological issues that could have led to the plane’s disappearance, CNN reports.\n\nMeanwhile, the sonar-equipped British submarine H.M.S. *Tireless* has joined the search team, which on Wednesday numbered 10 planes and nine ships. But without tracing any debris to an impact point, authorities are left to comb about 85,000 sq. miles (220,000 sq km) of ocean — roughly the size of Utah — some 930 miles (1,500 km) west of Perth, Australia.\n\nExperts point to the 60 years it took to [find](http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/tv\/hmassydney\/abthmas.htm \"undefined\") H.M.A.S. *Sydney* and the 80 years to find the *Titanic* as an indication of the arduous task ahead. “And both of those are considerably bigger than the poor old 777,” Jason Middleton, an aviation professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, tells TIME. “The chances of finding it are very, very small.”\n\nEven the largest possible floating objects, such as empty fuel tanks that have not ruptured or remain attached to heavy engines, have likely sunk by now. “They would almost certainly be on the bottom,” Middleton says. “Otherwise \\[anything floating\\] will be seat cushions and people’s sneakers.”\n\nChinese ships have already [ruled out](http:\/\/english.peopledaily.com.cn\/90883\/8585786.html \"undefined\") 11 locations in the southern Indian Ocean where suspicious objects had been seen floating, reports China’s state news agency Xinhua.\n\nWhile the submarine will certainly boost search efforts, there is no telling how long it will stay in the area. If the flight recorder’s pinger battery dies before it is found — as with Air France Flight 447, which [crashed](http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2012\/07\/05\/air-france-flight-447-pilot-errors-mounted-in-tragic-crash-report-finds\/ \"undefined\") in the Atlantic in 2009 — then searchers will have to trawl the ocean with submerged side-scan sonars looking at the ocean floor.\n\n“But when you’re towing something which is 5 km deep, your towline is 20 km long, and you’ve got to worry about running into seamounts,” Middleton says.\n\nEven if the black box is recovered — it took two years for Air France Flight 447 — there is no guarantee that all questions will be answered. Only information such as the heading, altitude and speed of the aircraft will almost certainly be accessible, as will two hours of recorded “noise” from the cockpit. “So even when they find it there will still be a lot of piecing together of information,” Middleton says.\n\nMalaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to arrive in Perth late on Wednesday to inspect the search-and-rescue operations. He is expected to meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott on Thursday amid fresh controversy after it emerged that the final communication [transcript](http:\/\/www.mot.gov.my\/en\/Newsroom\/Press%20Release\/Year%202014\/Audio%20Transcript%20MH370%20Pilot-ATC%20BIT.pdf \"undefined\") from the cockpit was the standard “good night Malaysian 370” rather than the more casual “all right, good night” initially [proffered](http:\/\/time.com\/21031\/families-of-missing-jet-passengers-vent-ire-at-backtracking-officials\/ \"undefined\") by authorities. No explanation has been given for the discrepancy, the latest in a string to plague the investigation.\n\nOn Wednesday, Malaysian authorities held a closed-door briefing for relatives of people who were on the flight. “We had a very good meeting with them, and we answered all their questions,” Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation, told reporters.\n\nRelatives of the 153 Chinese nationals on board MH 370 have been vigorous in their continued [criticism](http:\/\/time.com\/29824\/mh370-for-families-of-the-missing-the-nightmare-never-ends\/ \"undefined\") of Malaysia’s handling of the disaster.\n\n## Must-Reads from TIME\n- [Catholic Vance Breaks Silence on Trump's Jesus-Like Image Amid Outcry From Other Conservatives](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/14\/catholic-vance-breaks-silence-on-deleted-trump-jesus-image-amid-outcry\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2026](https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people\/2026\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [The Seven Democrats Who Joined Republicans in Opposing Measure to Block Arms Sales to Israel](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/16\/the-seven-senate-democrats-who-caucused-with-republicans-to-continue-arms-sales-to-israel\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [Here’s How to Best Watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/16\/lyrid-meteor-shower-what-when-how-to-watch\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [What We Know About the ‘Massive’ Military Complex Being Built Beneath the White House](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/17\/white-house-military-complex-bunker-trump-ballroom\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [The 3 Words You Should Never Say to Someone Going Through a Hard Time](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/15\/what-to-say-to-someone-grieving\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n\n- [Catholic Vance Breaks Silence on Trump's Jesus-Like Image Amid Outcry From Other Conservatives](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/14\/catholic-vance-breaks-silence-on-deleted-trump-jesus-image-amid-outcry\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2026](https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people\/2026\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [The Seven Democrats Who Joined Republicans in Opposing Measure to Block Arms Sales to Israel](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/16\/the-seven-senate-democrats-who-caucused-with-republicans-to-continue-arms-sales-to-israel\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n\nRead More\n\n## Sections\n- [Home](https:\/\/time.com\/)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/politics\/)\n- [Health](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/health\/)\n- [AI](https:\/\/time.com\/tag\/ai\/)\n- [World](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/world\/)\n- [Business](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/business\/)\n- [Science](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/science\/)\n\n- [Climate](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/climate\/)\n- [Ideas](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/ideas\/)\n- [Entertainment](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/entertainment\/)\n- [Sports](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/sports\/)\n- [Technology](https:\/\/time.com\/tag\/technology\/)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/time.com\/newsletters\/?source=TD_Footer_Link&utm_source_pg=web&utm_medium_pg=footer&utm_campaign_pg=footer&utm_content_pg=footer-inside-time)\n\n## More\n- [The TIME Vault](https:\/\/time.com\/vault\/)\n- [TIME Africa](https:\/\/africa.time.com\/)\n- [TIME France](https:\/\/www.timefrance.fr\/)\n- [TIME For Kids](https:\/\/www.timeforkids.com\/)\n- [TIME Futures](https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time-co2-futures\/)\n\n- [TIME Studios](https:\/\/studios.time.com\/)\n- [Video](https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/time-video\/)\n- [Red Border](https:\/\/redborder.time.com\/)\n- [Supplied Partner Content](https:\/\/partnercontent.time.com\/)\n\n## About Us\n- [Our Mission](https:\/\/time.com\/about-time\/)\n- [Contact the Editors](mailto:feedback@time.com)\n- [Press Room](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/press-room\/)\n- [Media Kit](https:\/\/time.com\/mediakit\/)\n- [Reprints & Permissions](https:\/\/www.parsintl.com\/publication\/time)\n\n- [Masthead](https:\/\/time.com\/time-masthead\/)\n- [Careers](https:\/\/time.com\/join-time\/)\n- [Site Map](https:\/\/time.com\/sitemap.xml)\n- [Modern Slavery Statement](https:\/\/time.com\/modern-slavery-statement\/)\n\n## Your Subscriptions\n- [Subscribe](https:\/\/time.com\/subscribe-footer-time\/)\n- [Access My Digital Magazine](https:\/\/geo.ema.gs\/time_digital)\n- [Manage My Subscription](https:\/\/support.time.com\/)\n- [Global Help Center](https:\/\/support.time.com\/)\n\n- [Buy an Issue](https:\/\/magazineshop.us\/collections\/time-magazine\/)\n- [Shop the Cover Store](https:\/\/timecoverstore.com\/)\n- [Give a Gift](https:\/\/time.com\/giveagift\/)\n\n© 2026 TIME USA, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our [Terms of Service](https:\/\/legal.time.com\/terms-of-service), [Privacy Policy (Your Privacy Rights)](https:\/\/legal.time.com\/us-privacy-policy) and Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.\n\nTIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.","attrs_readable_markdown":"Officials [raised the possibility](http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/malaysia-police-jet-mystery-may-never-be-solved \"undefined\") on Wednesday that the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane missing for almost a month may never be determined, even as they said its disappearance is now being treated as a criminal investigation.\n\n“Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing,” Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said, the Associated Press reports. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.”\n\nMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 soon after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, and subsequent analysis of data transmission indicates it eventually crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. All 239 passengers and crew are presumed lost to the chilly and tempestuous waters.\n\nKhalid said the criminal investigation is still focused on three possibilities — hijacking, sabotage and psychological problems of anyone aboard the Boeing 777. More than 170 statements have been taken, and investigators plan to take even more, he said. All passengers on the flight have been [cleared](http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/04\/02\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-plane\/index.html \"undefined\") of any role in hijacking, sabotage, or having personal psychological issues that could have led to the plane’s disappearance, CNN reports.\n\nMeanwhile, the sonar-equipped British submarine H.M.S. *Tireless* has joined the search team, which on Wednesday numbered 10 planes and nine ships. But without tracing any debris to an impact point, authorities are left to comb about 85,000 sq. miles (220,000 sq km) of ocean — roughly the size of Utah — some 930 miles (1,500 km) west of Perth, Australia.\n\nExperts point to the 60 years it took to [find](http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/tv\/hmassydney\/abthmas.htm \"undefined\") H.M.A.S. *Sydney* and the 80 years to find the *Titanic* as an indication of the arduous task ahead. “And both of those are considerably bigger than the poor old 777,” Jason Middleton, an aviation professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, tells TIME. “The chances of finding it are very, very small.”\n\nEven the largest possible floating objects, such as empty fuel tanks that have not ruptured or remain attached to heavy engines, have likely sunk by now. “They would almost certainly be on the bottom,” Middleton says. “Otherwise \\[anything floating\\] will be seat cushions and people’s sneakers.”\n\nChinese ships have already [ruled out](http:\/\/english.peopledaily.com.cn\/90883\/8585786.html \"undefined\") 11 locations in the southern Indian Ocean where suspicious objects had been seen floating, reports China’s state news agency Xinhua.\n\nWhile the submarine will certainly boost search efforts, there is no telling how long it will stay in the area. If the flight recorder’s pinger battery dies before it is found — as with Air France Flight 447, which [crashed](http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2012\/07\/05\/air-france-flight-447-pilot-errors-mounted-in-tragic-crash-report-finds\/ \"undefined\") in the Atlantic in 2009 — then searchers will have to trawl the ocean with submerged side-scan sonars looking at the ocean floor.\n\n“But when you’re towing something which is 5 km deep, your towline is 20 km long, and you’ve got to worry about running into seamounts,” Middleton says.\n\nEven if the black box is recovered — it took two years for Air France Flight 447 — there is no guarantee that all questions will be answered. Only information such as the heading, altitude and speed of the aircraft will almost certainly be accessible, as will two hours of recorded “noise” from the cockpit. “So even when they find it there will still be a lot of piecing together of information,” Middleton says.\n\nMalaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to arrive in Perth late on Wednesday to inspect the search-and-rescue operations. He is expected to meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott on Thursday amid fresh controversy after it emerged that the final communication [transcript](http:\/\/www.mot.gov.my\/en\/Newsroom\/Press%20Release\/Year%202014\/Audio%20Transcript%20MH370%20Pilot-ATC%20BIT.pdf \"undefined\") from the cockpit was the standard “good night Malaysian 370” rather than the more casual “all right, good night” initially [proffered](http:\/\/time.com\/21031\/families-of-missing-jet-passengers-vent-ire-at-backtracking-officials\/ \"undefined\") by authorities. No explanation has been given for the discrepancy, the latest in a string to plague the investigation.\n\nOn Wednesday, Malaysian authorities held a closed-door briefing for relatives of people who were on the flight. “We had a very good meeting with them, and we answered all their questions,” Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation, told reporters.\n\nRelatives of the 153 Chinese nationals on board MH 370 have been vigorous in their continued [criticism](http:\/\/time.com\/29824\/mh370-for-families-of-the-missing-the-nightmare-never-ends\/ \"undefined\") of Malaysia’s handling of the disaster.","meta_canonical":null,"ml_categories_json":"{\"\/News\":926,\"\/News\/World_News\":711}","ml_types_json":"{\"\/Article\":998,\"\/Article\/News_Update\":998}","ml_intent_types_json":"{\"Informational\":999}","meta_language":"en","attrs_author":"Charlie Campbell","attrs_publish_time":1396425521,"attrs_original_publish_time":1396425521,"attrs_is_republished":0,"attrs_nr_words":"1116","attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words":"710","body_ext_links_number":23,"body_int_links_number":67,"meta_nofollow":0,"meta_noarchive":0,"props_was_rendered":0,"src_redirect":"","download_time_msec":744,"download_ttfb_msec":738,"download_size":61423}

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https://time.com/46433/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-mh-370-missing-plane/

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Fate of Missing Plane May Never Be Known

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Investigators are contemplating defeat in the search for MH 370

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Officials raised the possibility on Wednesday that the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane missing for almost a month may never be determined, even as they said its disappearance is now being treated as a criminal investigation. “Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing,” Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said, the Associated Press reports. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.” Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 soon after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, and subsequent analysis of data transmission indicates it eventually crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. All 239 passengers and crew are presumed lost to the chilly and tempestuous waters. Khalid said the criminal investigation is still focused on three possibilities — hijacking, sabotage and psychological problems of anyone aboard the Boeing 777. More than 170 statements have been taken, and investigators plan to take even more, he said. All passengers on the flight have been cleared of any role in hijacking, sabotage, or having personal psychological issues that could have led to the plane’s disappearance, CNN reports. Meanwhile, the sonar-equipped British submarine H.M.S. Tireless has joined the search team, which on Wednesday numbered 10 planes and nine ships. But without tracing any debris to an impact point, authorities are left to comb about 85,000 sq. miles (220,000 sq km) of ocean — roughly the size of Utah — some 930 miles (1,500 km) west of Perth, Australia. Experts point to the 60 years it took to find H.M.A.S. Sydney and the 80 years to find the Titanic as an indication of the arduous task ahead. “And both of those are considerably bigger than the poor old 777,” Jason Middleton, an aviation professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, tells TIME. “The chances of finding it are very, very small.” Even the largest possible floating objects, such as empty fuel tanks that have not ruptured or remain attached to heavy engines, have likely sunk by now. “They would almost certainly be on the bottom,” Middleton says. “Otherwise [anything floating] will be seat cushions and people’s sneakers.” Chinese ships have already ruled out 11 locations in the southern Indian Ocean where suspicious objects had been seen floating, reports China’s state news agency Xinhua. While the submarine will certainly boost search efforts, there is no telling how long it will stay in the area. If the flight recorder’s pinger battery dies before it is found — as with Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic in 2009 — then searchers will have to trawl the ocean with submerged side-scan sonars looking at the ocean floor. “But when you’re towing something which is 5 km deep, your towline is 20 km long, and you’ve got to worry about running into seamounts,” Middleton says. Even if the black box is recovered — it took two years for Air France Flight 447 — there is no guarantee that all questions will be answered. Only information such as the heading, altitude and speed of the aircraft will almost certainly be accessible, as will two hours of recorded “noise” from the cockpit. “So even when they find it there will still be a lot of piecing together of information,” Middleton says. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to arrive in Perth late on Wednesday to inspect the search-and-rescue operations. He is expected to meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott on Thursday amid fresh controversy after it emerged that the final communication transcript from the cockpit was the standard “good night Malaysian 370” rather than the more casual “all right, good night” initially proffered by authorities. No explanation has been given for the discrepancy, the latest in a string to plague the investigation. On Wednesday, Malaysian authorities held a closed-door briefing for relatives of people who were on the flight. “We had a very good meeting with them, and we answered all their questions,” Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation, told reporters. Relatives of the 153 Chinese nationals on board MH 370 have been vigorous in their continued criticism of Malaysia’s handling of the disaster.

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We have to clear every little thing,” Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said, the Associated Press reports. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.” Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 soon after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, and subsequent analysis of data transmission indicates it eventually crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. All 239 passengers and crew are presumed lost to the chilly and tempestuous waters. Khalid said the criminal investigation is still focused on three possibilities — hijacking, sabotage and psychological problems of anyone aboard the Boeing 777. More than 170 statements have been taken, and investigators plan to take even more, he said. All passengers on the flight have been [cleared](http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html "undefined") of any role in hijacking, sabotage, or having personal psychological issues that could have led to the plane’s disappearance, CNN reports. Meanwhile, the sonar-equipped British submarine H.M.S. *Tireless* has joined the search team, which on Wednesday numbered 10 planes and nine ships. But without tracing any debris to an impact point, authorities are left to comb about 85,000 sq. miles (220,000 sq km) of ocean — roughly the size of Utah — some 930 miles (1,500 km) west of Perth, Australia. Experts point to the 60 years it took to [find](http://www.abc.net.au/tv/hmassydney/abthmas.htm "undefined") H.M.A.S. *Sydney* and the 80 years to find the *Titanic* as an indication of the arduous task ahead. “And both of those are considerably bigger than the poor old 777,” Jason Middleton, an aviation professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, tells TIME. “The chances of finding it are very, very small.” Even the largest possible floating objects, such as empty fuel tanks that have not ruptured or remain attached to heavy engines, have likely sunk by now. “They would almost certainly be on the bottom,” Middleton says. “Otherwise \[anything floating\] will be seat cushions and people’s sneakers.” Chinese ships have already [ruled out](http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/8585786.html "undefined") 11 locations in the southern Indian Ocean where suspicious objects had been seen floating, reports China’s state news agency Xinhua. While the submarine will certainly boost search efforts, there is no telling how long it will stay in the area. If the flight recorder’s pinger battery dies before it is found — as with Air France Flight 447, which [crashed](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/05/air-france-flight-447-pilot-errors-mounted-in-tragic-crash-report-finds/ "undefined") in the Atlantic in 2009 — then searchers will have to trawl the ocean with submerged side-scan sonars looking at the ocean floor. “But when you’re towing something which is 5 km deep, your towline is 20 km long, and you’ve got to worry about running into seamounts,” Middleton says. Even if the black box is recovered — it took two years for Air France Flight 447 — there is no guarantee that all questions will be answered. Only information such as the heading, altitude and speed of the aircraft will almost certainly be accessible, as will two hours of recorded “noise” from the cockpit. “So even when they find it there will still be a lot of piecing together of information,” Middleton says. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to arrive in Perth late on Wednesday to inspect the search-and-rescue operations. He is expected to meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott on Thursday amid fresh controversy after it emerged that the final communication [transcript](http://www.mot.gov.my/en/Newsroom/Press%20Release/Year%202014/Audio%20Transcript%20MH370%20Pilot-ATC%20BIT.pdf "undefined") from the cockpit was the standard “good night Malaysian 370” rather than the more casual “all right, good night” initially [proffered](http://time.com/21031/families-of-missing-jet-passengers-vent-ire-at-backtracking-officials/ "undefined") by authorities. No explanation has been given for the discrepancy, the latest in a string to plague the investigation. On Wednesday, Malaysian authorities held a closed-door briefing for relatives of people who were on the flight. “We had a very good meeting with them, and we answered all their questions,” Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation, told reporters. Relatives of the 153 Chinese nationals on board MH 370 have been vigorous in their continued [criticism](http://time.com/29824/mh370-for-families-of-the-missing-the-nightmare-never-ends/ "undefined") of Malaysia’s handling of the disaster. ## Must-Reads from TIME - [Catholic Vance Breaks Silence on Trump's Jesus-Like Image Amid Outcry From Other Conservatives](https://time.com/article/2026/04/14/catholic-vance-breaks-silence-on-deleted-trump-jesus-image-amid-outcry/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2026](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [The Seven Democrats Who Joined Republicans in Opposing Measure to Block Arms Sales to Israel](https://time.com/article/2026/04/16/the-seven-senate-democrats-who-caucused-with-republicans-to-continue-arms-sales-to-israel/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [Here’s How to Best Watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower](https://time.com/article/2026/04/16/lyrid-meteor-shower-what-when-how-to-watch/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [What We Know About the ‘Massive’ Military Complex Being Built Beneath the White House](https://time.com/article/2026/04/17/white-house-military-complex-bunker-trump-ballroom/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [The 3 Words You Should Never Say to Someone Going Through a Hard Time](https://time.com/article/2026/04/15/what-to-say-to-someone-grieving/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [Catholic Vance Breaks Silence on Trump's Jesus-Like Image Amid Outcry From Other Conservatives](https://time.com/article/2026/04/14/catholic-vance-breaks-silence-on-deleted-trump-jesus-image-amid-outcry/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2026](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) - [The Seven Democrats Who Joined Republicans in Opposing Measure to Block Arms Sales to Israel](https://time.com/article/2026/04/16/the-seven-senate-democrats-who-caucused-with-republicans-to-continue-arms-sales-to-israel/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw) Read More ## Sections - [Home](https://time.com/) - [Politics](https://time.com/section/politics/) - [Health](https://time.com/section/health/) - [AI](https://time.com/tag/ai/) - [World](https://time.com/section/world/) - [Business](https://time.com/section/business/) - [Science](https://time.com/section/science/) - [Climate](https://time.com/section/climate/) - [Ideas](https://time.com/section/ideas/) - [Entertainment](https://time.com/section/entertainment/) - [Sports](https://time.com/section/sports/) - [Technology](https://time.com/tag/technology/) - [Newsletters](https://time.com/newsletters/?source=TD_Footer_Link&utm_source_pg=web&utm_medium_pg=footer&utm_campaign_pg=footer&utm_content_pg=footer-inside-time) ## More - [The TIME Vault](https://time.com/vault/) - [TIME Africa](https://africa.time.com/) - [TIME France](https://www.timefrance.fr/) - [TIME For Kids](https://www.timeforkids.com/) - [TIME Futures](https://time.com/collection/time-co2-futures/) - [TIME Studios](https://studios.time.com/) - [Video](https://time.com/collections/time-video/) - [Red Border](https://redborder.time.com/) - [Supplied Partner Content](https://partnercontent.time.com/) ## About Us - [Our Mission](https://time.com/about-time/) - [Contact the Editors](mailto:feedback@time.com) - [Press Room](https://time.com/section/press-room/) - [Media Kit](https://time.com/mediakit/) - [Reprints & Permissions](https://www.parsintl.com/publication/time) - [Masthead](https://time.com/time-masthead/) - [Careers](https://time.com/join-time/) - [Site Map](https://time.com/sitemap.xml) - [Modern Slavery Statement](https://time.com/modern-slavery-statement/) ## Your Subscriptions - [Subscribe](https://time.com/subscribe-footer-time/) - [Access My Digital Magazine](https://geo.ema.gs/time_digital) - [Manage My Subscription](https://support.time.com/) - [Global Help Center](https://support.time.com/) - [Buy an Issue](https://magazineshop.us/collections/time-magazine/) - [Shop the Cover Store](https://timecoverstore.com/) - [Give a Gift](https://time.com/giveagift/) © 2026 TIME USA, LLC. 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Officials [raised the possibility](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/malaysia-police-jet-mystery-may-never-be-solved "undefined") on Wednesday that the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane missing for almost a month may never be determined, even as they said its disappearance is now being treated as a criminal investigation. “Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing,” Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said, the Associated Press reports. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.” Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 soon after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, and subsequent analysis of data transmission indicates it eventually crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. All 239 passengers and crew are presumed lost to the chilly and tempestuous waters. Khalid said the criminal investigation is still focused on three possibilities — hijacking, sabotage and psychological problems of anyone aboard the Boeing 777. More than 170 statements have been taken, and investigators plan to take even more, he said. All passengers on the flight have been [cleared](http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html "undefined") of any role in hijacking, sabotage, or having personal psychological issues that could have led to the plane’s disappearance, CNN reports. Meanwhile, the sonar-equipped British submarine H.M.S. *Tireless* has joined the search team, which on Wednesday numbered 10 planes and nine ships. But without tracing any debris to an impact point, authorities are left to comb about 85,000 sq. miles (220,000 sq km) of ocean — roughly the size of Utah — some 930 miles (1,500 km) west of Perth, Australia. Experts point to the 60 years it took to [find](http://www.abc.net.au/tv/hmassydney/abthmas.htm "undefined") H.M.A.S. *Sydney* and the 80 years to find the *Titanic* as an indication of the arduous task ahead. “And both of those are considerably bigger than the poor old 777,” Jason Middleton, an aviation professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, tells TIME. “The chances of finding it are very, very small.” Even the largest possible floating objects, such as empty fuel tanks that have not ruptured or remain attached to heavy engines, have likely sunk by now. “They would almost certainly be on the bottom,” Middleton says. “Otherwise \[anything floating\] will be seat cushions and people’s sneakers.” Chinese ships have already [ruled out](http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/8585786.html "undefined") 11 locations in the southern Indian Ocean where suspicious objects had been seen floating, reports China’s state news agency Xinhua. While the submarine will certainly boost search efforts, there is no telling how long it will stay in the area. If the flight recorder’s pinger battery dies before it is found — as with Air France Flight 447, which [crashed](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/05/air-france-flight-447-pilot-errors-mounted-in-tragic-crash-report-finds/ "undefined") in the Atlantic in 2009 — then searchers will have to trawl the ocean with submerged side-scan sonars looking at the ocean floor. “But when you’re towing something which is 5 km deep, your towline is 20 km long, and you’ve got to worry about running into seamounts,” Middleton says. Even if the black box is recovered — it took two years for Air France Flight 447 — there is no guarantee that all questions will be answered. Only information such as the heading, altitude and speed of the aircraft will almost certainly be accessible, as will two hours of recorded “noise” from the cockpit. “So even when they find it there will still be a lot of piecing together of information,” Middleton says. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to arrive in Perth late on Wednesday to inspect the search-and-rescue operations. He is expected to meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott on Thursday amid fresh controversy after it emerged that the final communication [transcript](http://www.mot.gov.my/en/Newsroom/Press%20Release/Year%202014/Audio%20Transcript%20MH370%20Pilot-ATC%20BIT.pdf "undefined") from the cockpit was the standard “good night Malaysian 370” rather than the more casual “all right, good night” initially [proffered](http://time.com/21031/families-of-missing-jet-passengers-vent-ire-at-backtracking-officials/ "undefined") by authorities. No explanation has been given for the discrepancy, the latest in a string to plague the investigation. On Wednesday, Malaysian authorities held a closed-door briefing for relatives of people who were on the flight. “We had a very good meeting with them, and we answered all their questions,” Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation, told reporters. Relatives of the 153 Chinese nationals on board MH 370 have been vigorous in their continued [criticism](http://time.com/29824/mh370-for-families-of-the-missing-the-nightmare-never-ends/ "undefined") of Malaysia’s handling of the disaster.

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