Malaysian Flight MH370 -- News Updates April 2, 2014

Fate of Missing Jet May Never Be Known, Officials Concede -- Charlie Campbell, Time

Investigators are contemplating defeat in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, with no plane debris found, ocean currents buffeting the search area and the black box’s battery close to running out of power

Officials raised the possibility on Wednesday that the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane missing for almost a month may never be determined, even as they said its disappearance is now being treated as a criminal investigation.

“Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing,” Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said, the Associated Press reports. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.”

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Malaysian Flight MH370 -- News Updates April 2, 2014

MH370: Malaysia's police chief warns plane mystery may never be solved -- The Guardian
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 probe may not determine why plane vanished -- CBC/AP
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 update: Malaysian official warns we may never know what happened -- Salon
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Search reveals extent of ocean garbage -- Christian Science Monitor
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search shows extent of ocean trash -- CBC
No Trace of MH370 as Malaysia Briefs Grieving Relatives -- Voice of America
Report: MH370 disappearance a criminal investigation, police chief says -- CNN
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Malaysian Authorities Says All Passengers Cleared Of Suspicion While Cabin Crew Is Still Being Investigated; Search Now Termed A Criminal Investigation -- IBTimes
MH370 Passengers 'Cleared' of Hijack Role, Malaysia Police Say -- NBC
Malaysian police confirm they have interviewed farm workers who handled fruit cargo aboard missing MH370 in case they were used to smuggle a bomb onto the jet -- Daily Mail
Sub joins MH370 hunt as Malaysia police probe draws blank -- Global Post/AFP
MH370: British submarine HMS Tireless joins search for missing plane -- The Telegraph
MH370: British submarine joins hunt for missing plane -- The Guardian
British submarine and Hobbit director Peter Jackson's private jet join hunt for MH370 in race against time to trace locater beacon before batteries run out -- Daily Mail
MH370: cockpit transcript in full -- The Guardian