One of two Japanese Government P-3 aircraft arrives at RAAF base Pearce March 23, 2014 in Bullsbrook near Perth.

US Navy black box locator joins search for missing Malaysian plane

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SYDNEY/PERTH  - The United States Navy is moving one of its high-tech Black Box detectors closer to the search area for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in remote seas off the Australian coast, bolstering hopes wreckage of the plane may be found soon. The so-called Towed Pinger Locator will be crucial in finding the black box of the missing...

A Chinese journalist looks out from the window of a Vietnamese airforce AN-26 during a mission to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off Tho Chu islands March 11, 2014.

Legal matters may hamper probe into missing Malaysia jet

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KUALA LUMPUR/NEW YORK/LONDON - Investigators trying to solve the disappearance without trace of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner face an extremely rare challenge that could hinder their efforts: they lack the powers of a formal air safety investigation. Four days after Flight MH370 went missing in mid-air with 239 people on board, no nation has stepped forward to initiate and...