MH370: No hint of wreckage in spite of pursuit groups scouring 7,000 sq km ocean bottom

The hunt for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has yielded no result despite constant efforts by search teams who have scoured over 7,000 square kilometers of the seafloor to find any trace of the debris, search authorities said.

China Daily reported Judith Zielke, chief coordinator of Australia's Flight 370 recovery efforts, as saying that families of those onboard would be updated with the latest search information on a regular basis.

During a press conference held in Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), Search Operation Coordinator Peter Foley said that according to the drift model, it was possible that wreckage of the ill-fated plane was washed ashore to the west coast of Sumatra 123 days after the crash.

According to Stuff.co.nz, eight months after the flight's sudden disappearance, the international squadrons of reconnaissance and fleets of frigates and icebreakers are gone.

The US Navy's 7th Fleet, with some 800 sailors dedicated to the search of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has also left.

The hunt for the MH370 wreckage has apparently failed to find any concrete evidence till date.

Zielke earlier said in an interview that the underwater effort was slow and painstaking, moving at about 3.2 kilometres an hour and sometimes sidelined by harsh weather.

The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members went missing on 8 March 2014.