Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370: Next phase in hunt for missing aircraft resumes

The next phase of the hunt for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 has begun in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean.

The search carries sensitive sonar equipments and towing video cameras on lengthy cables. According to News.com.au, contracted vessel GO Phoenix will be the first to reach the priority search site along a defined arc in the south of the Indian Ocean.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said earlier that the vessel would conduct a 12-day long-operation starting Sunday. The focus would be on the area where the flight is thought to have run out of fuel before plunging into the ocean. Sonar equipments and towing video cameras will provide the crews with a "closer look" at any objects of interest. Although ATSB information suggests that the probability of finding MH370 is very high yet its Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan has refused to offer guarantees.

Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 777 flight went missing on March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people onboard.