MH370News:2014/Day 023
Day 023: Sunday, 30 March 2014
News Summary
Joint Agency Coordination Centre established in Australia.
Source: Timeline of significant actions—Search for missing airline MH370 JACC-Timeline
Media Statements
Sunday, March 30, 03:45 PM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Incident - Media Statement 27 By Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, Group Chief Executive Officer
Malaysia Airlines wishes to clarify that it will be making arrangements to fly family members to Perth, only once it has been authoritatively confirmed that the physical wreckage found is that of MH370.
Arrangements will be made as soon as the relevant government agencies have provided clearances for Malaysia Airlines to bring family members to the site where aircraft wreckage will be kept.
A Family Assistance Centre (FAC) will be established in Perth. The FAC will become the focal point for all activities that have been planned for the families including briefings, religious and prayer services.
Malaysia Airlines is fully committed to supporting all efforts by the relevant foreign Governments who continue to search for and recover the aircraft, and it continues to cooperate with all authorities involved in the investigation.
Malaysia Airlines continues to provide welfare and support to the families of the passengers.
马来西亚航空公司
MH370航空事件
媒体声明二十七
发布者：马来西亚航空公司总裁 阿末佐哈里
发布时间：2014年3月30日 下午3点45分
在这里，马来西亚航空公司想要澄清：当权威机构确认残骸实体为MH370航班后，我们才会安排失事乘客家属前往澳大利亚珀斯。
一旦相关政府机构为家属提供了前往澳大利亚的入境许可，马来西亚航空公司将在第一时间将他们送往失事飞机残骸的放置地点。
我们将在澳大利亚珀斯成立家属援助中心（Family Assistance Center）。援助中心将集中开展针对失事乘客家属的各项活动，包括每日消息的简报以及宗教祈祷活动。
马来西亚航空公司全力支持相关外国政府在搜寻航班及打捞残骸方面所做出的努力，并且我们将继续与参与此次事件调查的各权威机构保持合作关系。
另外，马来西亚航空公司还将一如既往的为所有失事乘客家属提供关怀和支持。
Source: Malaysia Airlines MAS-MS27-023-ZH
30 March 2014
Media Release issued by The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Prime Minister of Australia
I am pleased to announce that Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC will lead a new Joint Agency Coordination Centre (the JACC) that will be based in Perth to coordinate the Australian Government's support for the search into MH370.
A former Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Houston is an individual of enormous experience and great skill who has already served his country with distinction.
Australia is providing extensive logistical and other support to the Government of Malaysia in the investigation into MH370.
The new JACC will work with key Commonwealth, state and international stakeholders including the families, friends and international media.
The JACC will ensure that the search being coordinated by AMSA and ATSB is reinforced by strong liaison with all the relevant stakeholders, including the families of the passengers.
The JACC will provide a single contact point for families to gain up-to-date information and travel assistance including visa services, accommodation advice, interpreter services and counselling.
The Australian Government has already announced that visa fees will be waived for affected families.
This multi-country search is a powerful example of international cooperation at a time of adversity.
Military air crew from Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and the United States are searching for possible debris from MH370.
They have been conducting these searches over a very large area in challenging conditions, far from the Western Australian coast and in variable weather.
Source: Prime Minister's Office (Australia) PMAU-MS-023