Search for missing Malaysia jet hits another snag with loss of sonar detector

Sydney

AUSTRALIAN authorities searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet said on Monday that they had lost a deep-water sonar detector being used to scour a patch of the ocean floor where the plane is believed to have gone down almost two years ago.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014, sparking one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.