A vigil has been held in the Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya to mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
The plane, carrying 239 people, turned off-course en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and vanished on March 8.
Investigators believe the plane's wreckage is in the southern Indian Ocean.
Sir Angus Houston, who heads the search, met family members of passengers on Thursday and spoke to Australia's ABC TV. Telling the station that 43 per cent of the designated high-priority area has been searched, he said:
"I think on the balance of probabilities at the moment, the chances of finding it are still good, and we should be patient and persist with the search,."
Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters he was cautiously optimistic the plane would be found during the search. However, if the plane is not found by the end of May, the three countries leading the search in the southern Indian Ocean will re-examine the data.
He says they'll come up with a new plan if necessary:
Wang Le lost his mother in the MH370 crash:
