Malaysia Warns of Massive Task Ahead

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Able Seaman Communications and Information Systems Noel O’Brien readying at the flags bin of HMAS Toowoomba while conducting a Replenishment at Sea with HMAS Success whilst during the search for the missing Malaysia Airways Flight MH370. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he is “very confident” that signals detected in the search for Flight MH370 are from the aircraft’s black box, whose batteries are waning fast more than a month after the plane vanished.

Air and search crews continued their painstaking search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 on Sunday. There have been promising leads this past week.

But it has now been nearly a week since search crews picked up a possible signal, thought to be from the missing plane. Speaking in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Defense Minister says he’s still hopeful.

CCTV’s James Chau has more.

Malaysia Warns of Massive Task Ahead

Air and search crews continued their painstaking search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 on Sunday. There have been promising leads this past week. But it has now been nearly a week since search crews picked up a possible signal, thought to be from the missing plane. Speaking in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Defense Minister says he's still hopeful. CCTV's James Chau has more.

Malaysian Minister of Defense and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein answers questions as he provides an update on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 during the 14th Defense Services Asia Exhibition & Conference at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur on April 13, 2014. The co-pilot of missing Malaysian airliner MH370 attempted to make a mid-flight call from his mobile phone just before the plane vanished from radar screens, a report said on April 12, citing unnamed investigators.

Malaysian Minister of Defense and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein answers questions as he provides an update on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 during the 14th Defense Services Asia Exhibition & Conference at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur on April 13, 2014. The co-pilot of missing Malaysian airliner MH370 attempted to make a mid-flight call from his mobile phone just before the plane vanished from radar screens, a report said on April 12, citing unnamed investigators.