Malaysia Airlines Search Ends After 3 Years

The search for wreckage from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 with has been called off after nearly three years of scouring vast swaths of ocean floor, officials announced Tuesday. The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went down March 8, 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board. "Today the last search vessel has left the underwater search area," the MH370 Tripartite Joint Communique said in a statement. "Despite every effort using the best science available, cutting edge technology, as well as modelling and advice from highly skilled professionals who are the best in their field, unfortunately, the search has not been able to locate the aircraft.