The United States has ruled out the possibility of the missing Malaysian plane landing at its Indian Ocean base in Diego Garcia.
“I’ll rule that one out,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday when asked about such news reports appearing mainly in the Chinese press.
Mr. Carney said the Malaysian government has the lead in this investigation and the U.S. officials are in Kuala Lumpur working closely with the Malaysian government on the investigation.
Malah, Jay Carney sendiri mengaku betapa sukarnya operasi mencari MH 370. Di antara kenyataan beliau yang telah diterjemahkan,
"Ini adalah keadaan yang sukar dan luar biasa, dan kami sedang bekerja keras , dengan kerjasama rapat dengan kerajaan Malaysia dan rakan-rakan lain , untuk menyiasat beberapa kemungkinan senario bagi apa yang berlaku kepada penerbangan" kata Jay Carney.
"Amerika Syarikat sepenuhnya komited untuk membantu rakyat Malaysia dan usahasama dengan rakan kongsi antarabangsa mengenai penyiasatan ini, atas usaha ini. " Dan kami menyediakan bantuan melalui NTSB , FAA dan melalui FBI. Kita berhubung rapat dan bekerjasama dalam siasatan ini." kata beliau lagi. sumber
Kenyataan pihak White House ini sekaligus menidakkan suara-suara sumbang kepimpinan Pakatan pembangkang dan media antarabangsa yang kononnya kerajaan Malaysia tidak berkemampuan mengepalai operasi mencari dan menyelamat MH 370.
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Meanwhile, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said the focus now was on new search areas announced by the Malaysian Prime Minister over the weekend, which are based on a detailed, highly technical and innovative analysis of the potential flight path.
The U.S. Navy is repositioning the P-8A’s Poseidon to Perth, Australia to conduct searches along the southern corridor. And additionally, P-3C Orion will continue to conduct its mission to search west of Indonesia. - Sumber
