Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today said here that the search operation for the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will be running for quite some time with "no time limit" as the hunt for the plane enters its 23rd day.
Abbott arrived at Perth's Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base Pearce this morning, even as the search continues to find the lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Speaking here Abbott said "We can keep searching for quite some time to come and we will keep searching for quite some time to come. I'm certainly not putting a time limit on it".
Appreciating the contribution of those who were involved in the search operation, Abbott said the "best brains in the world" are on the task but until any wreckage was found, authorities will have to keep relying on "guesstimates".
"All of the technological mastery that we have is being applied. So if this mystery is solvable, we will solve it," he said, adding "But I don't want to underestimate just how difficult it is".
Abbott said that it was "tremendous" to see such international cooperation.
"We have regular military cooperation with the United States, with New Zealand and with Malaysia, but to see also the cooperation with us from China, from Japan and from Korea is really heartening," he said.
"It demonstrates that in a humanitarian cause, the nations of this region can come together to work for the betterment of humanity, can work to try to resolve this extraordinary mystery, can work to try to bring peace and closure to the families of the 239 people on board that ill-fated aircraft," Abbott said.
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