MH370 Update: Australia, China and Malaysia to 'Extend the Search to Cover a Further 60,000 Sq Km' If the Aircraft Will Not Be Found Before May

The search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 will reportedly be extended if the team does not find the aircraft before May, according to the News.

Australia Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said that Australia, China and Malaysia have "extended the search to cover a further 60,000 square kilometers" if they did not find the aircraft before May.

"We are hopeful that we can complete the current search by the end of May [and] we will continue the search if we do not find the plane in the current search," said Truss. "The intention would be to recover the black boxes and other critical elements to the investigation."

Truss added that they are confident that they were searching the right place, as locals from the Kuda Huvadloo have reportedly claimed that they saw a "low-flying jumbo jet" on the day that the MH370 disappeared, cited Haveeru.

In addition, the Telegraph reported that more than 60 percent has been searched by the four ships and about to finish next month.

The search for MH370, which spearheaded by Australia and Malaysia, has already cost more than £60 million (over $89 million).

"Should the aircraft not be found within the current search area, ministers agreed to extend the search by an additional 60,000 square kilometers to bring the search area of 120,000 square kilometers and thereby cover the entire highest probability area identified by expert analysis," the search authority said in a statement.

Furthermore, Jiang Hu, whose mother was on the MH370 flight wants to have transparency on the search.

"I think it is a good news that they will continue to search but the search needs to be transparent and they must let us supervise it," said Jiang Hu.

The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board.