A plane taking on the L642 air route by 14:10 on March 10 reported to the Hong Kong Air Traffic Control Centre that it has sighted some metal debris on the waters 32 nautical miles southeast of O Cap Cape in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
The information was reported by the National Committee for Search and Rescue late on March 10.
The Committee also reported that by 18:00 on the day, Vietnam deployed six aircraft and seven vessels for the search of Malaysia Airlines MH370 passenger jet, which lost contact since March 8 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing .
The Vietnamese side’s search operation has been expanded to the north-east of the initially suspected area.
Foreign forces joining the search included four planes and 11 vessels from Malaysia , Singapore and China .
Under Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai’s instruction, a command office was set up at Phu Quoc International Airport in the southern province of Kien Giang to coordinate the search for the missing jetliner.
The Military Zone 9 and the Border Guard Staff have directed their units to keep a close watch on the situation and stand ready for the effort if needed.
The committee said that the search will also cover the east of the site where contact with the plan lost and the south of Con Dao Island from March 11, with the reasonable and effective use of vehicles.
Currently, three Mi-171 helicopters are ready for the operation at Ca Mau Airport.
Colonel Tran Van Lam, deputy head of Air Division 370, said that during the search on March 8 and 9, the division conducted two flights to the site at 7 degrees 27 minutes 40 seconds and detected two oil slick-like streaks and a round buoy at sea. However, no traces of the missing plane were found.
On March 11, two Mi-171 jets are scheduled to depart from Ca Mau Airport to the suspected sites where some strange objects were spotted to verify the stuff and continue search efforts.
Over the past two days, many domestic and foreign reporters have been present at Ca Mau and Kien Giang provinces to cover the case.
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft operated by Malaysia Airlines left Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Beijing at 00:41 a.m. on March 8, and lost contact at around 1:30 a.m the same day.
It was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members.-VNA
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