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ጤፍን ያዩበት አይናቸው ውስጥ የጤፍ እብቅ ይግባበት (Amen)

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ጤፍን ያዩበት አይናቸው ውስጥ የጤፍ እብቅ  ይግባበት
እኔ ሳድግ ጤፍ የሚሸጠው በሰሃን ተሰፍሮ  ነበር። ከገሬው ላይ። ከዚያ ጤፍ ነጋዴ መጣ,  በኪሎ የሚቸበችብ። ከዚያ ደርቅ እንጀራ መሸጥ ጀመረ፣ ከዚያ ጤፍ ከሌላ ዱቄት ጋር ተደባልቆ ጤፍ እንጀራ ተብሎ መሸጥ ጀመረ:: እንጀራ ሆነ። እንጀራ  በሸክላ ምጣድ ሳይሆን በኤሌክትሪክ መጋገር ጀመር:: ሰፋቱም አነስ::ውፍረቱም ቀነስ:: ከሳ መነመነ:: ከዚያ አሜሪካ ምድር ገባ :: በቃ እንጀራ ቅጡን አጣ፣ አይኑ ጠፋ፣ መልኩ ጠፋ፣ቅርጹ ጠፋ በቃ እንጀራ እንጀራ መሆኑ ማጠራጠር ጀመረ። ከዚያ ጤፍን አይን በላው። የፈርንጅ አይን አየው። ብለው ብለው ታላቁ ምግብ ሱፐር  ፉድ (super food)  እያሉ ይጠሩት ጀመር። ምን ያማ ጤፍ ቡና ሊሆን ነዋ። ያኔ በሰሃን ስንዝቀው የነበረው ጤፍ ዛሬ እንደ ወንጂ ስኳር በላስቲክ እየታሸገ ሊሽጥ ግን የወንጂ ስኳር ምን ነበር? ያንን በሌላ ጊዜ አሁን ግን ስለ ጤፍ። ከሁሉ ያሳሰበኝ ጤፍ ከቻይና እንዳይመጣ ነው። ምንው ፈረንጅ ሌላ ስራ አጣ? ምነው ጤፍን አዩብን? ለሁሉም ጤፍን ያዩበት አይናቸው ውስጥ የጤፍ እብቅ ይግባብት (Amen)

MPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL VISA APPLICANTS CONCERNING VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS

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Recent changes to the United States immigration law now require immigrant visa
applicants to obtain certain vaccination (listed below) prior to the issuance of immigrant
visa. Panel physicians who conduct medical examination of im
migrant visa applicants
are now required to verify that immigrant visa applicants have met the new vaccination
requirement, or that is medically inappropriate for the visa application to receive one or
more of the listed vaccinations.
Mumps
Influenza type b(Hib) and, Measles, Hepatitis B
Rubella
Variecella
Polio
Pneumococcal
Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids Influenza
Pertussis
In order to assist the panel physician, and to avoid delays in the processing of an
immigrant visa, all immigrant visa applicants should have their vaccination
records available for the panel physician’s review at the time of the immigrant medical
examination. Visa applicants should consult with their regular hea
lth care provider to obtain a copy of their immunization record, if one is available. If you do not have a
vaccination record, the panel physician will work with you to determine which vaccination you may need to meet the requirement. Certain waivers of the vaccination
requirement are available upon the recommendation of the panel physician

Physicians in Ethiopia authorized to give medical examinations for U.S. Visa applications are

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Physicians in Ethiopia authorized to give medical examinations for U.S. Visa
applications are:
Dr. Akeza Teame
Dr. Kinetsew Melkamu (Pediatr
ician)
Dr. Selamawit Asmelash (Pediatrician)
Dr. Betelhem Gebremichael
St. Yared General Hospital
Bole Sub City, Kebele 12/13
On the road to CMC, 800 meters from Megenagna square
Tel: 011 645 4604, 011 645 4653
Fax: +251 11 6454706
Dr. Akeza
Teame (Internist and Infection Specialist)
Dr. Kaleab Tesfaye (Pediatrician)
American Medical Centre (AMC)
Yeka Sub City Kebele 20/21
Inside the Sunshine Real Estate Compound (Meri Luke)
Tel. +251-116678000/04/ 07
Dr. Ikovac Szlapak Lovorka
Dr. Simret Kelile
Dr. Fitsum Shiferaw
Dr. Wondwossen Arega
Dr. Niyat Tadesse
Dr. Ramisetty Rama
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
Bole Kefle Ketema, Kebele 02
Behind Bole DH Geda

አንበሳና የውጭ ኩባንያ አንድ ናቸው

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አንበሳ ሲመጣ ሁሉም እንሰሳት ይደበቃሉ፣ የሞቱ ይመስላሉ በቃ ከአንበሳ መንጋጋ ላለመግባት የማያደርጉት የለም። የውጭ ኩባንያም ልክ አንበሳን ማለት ነው። ታዲያ አንበሳ ሊበላ ሲመጣ እንዳይበሉ መደበቅ ነው እንጂ ብሉኝ ብሎ  ማሳየቱ አንበሳን ያፋፋዋል። ቶሎም አይወጣም:: ሌላም አለ ብሎ ከየስርቻው የተደበቀውን ሁሉ በልቶ ባዶ መሆኑን ሲይውቅ ነው የሚወጣው። የውጭ ኩባንያም ልክ እንደ አያ አንበሶ ሊበላ ነው የመጣው። ግን አንበሳውን የዱር አንብሳ ሳይሆን የዙ (zoo) ወይም አንበሳ ግቢ እንዳለ አንበሳ እየትቆጣጠሩ፣ እየወሰኑ፣ እየመረ ጡ፣ አንዳንዴም ጎብኝወች ገንዝብ ገፍለው እንዲዩት እያደረጉ ማስራት ነው እንጂ ሰንሰለቱን ከለቀቁጥ መልሶ ለማሰር አደገኛ ነው። እንዲያውም አገሩ የኔ ነውና ውጡ ሊል ይችላል።


Egypt seeks Saudi help on Ethiopia water dispute

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የአይጥ ምስክሯ ድንቢጥ እንዲሉ ግብፅ ሳውዲን የአባይን ነገር ለመሸምገል አስባለች:ታዲያ አሁን ሳውዲ እንዲያው ማን ይሙት ለኢትዮጵያ ታስባለች። እረሳችው ወንድምና እህቶቻችንን እንደጎመን ቆራርጣ እንዳላበረርችን አሁን ደግሞ ሽማግሌ ሊሆን? ያማ አይደረግም!

CAIRO — Egypt is considering preparing a formal request for Gulf mediation under the leadership of Saudi Arabia, in order to back Cairo’s stance vis-à-vis the ongoing conflict with Ethiopia about the Renaissance Dam. The mediation request comes as part of a basket of escalatory measures adopted by Egypt in January, following the breakdown of technical negotiations among the Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian water resources ministers.


Speaking to Al-Monitor, an Egyptian government official said, “A detailed report is currently being prepared to examine and explain Egyptian concerns relating to the building of the dam, in the absence of a clear agreement with Ethiopia about it. The final draft of the report, which explains the concerns over the repercussions the construction of the dam will have on Egypt and Sudan, will be sent to the International Panel of Experts.”

The official, who has close ties to Egyptian decision-making circles, added, “Egypt will ask Ethiopia, through the mediation, to sign a binding agreement with Egypt stating the dam’s operational specifications, its stored water capacity, and the amount of water that will be regularly released in a manner that does not negatively affect Egypt’s share of that water.”

This convergence of views between Egypt and the Gulf countries — except for Qatar — began after the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi by the army on July 3, 2013. While the Gulf leaders expressed their satisfaction toward the change in the political scene of Egypt after the fall of the Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates rushed to offer financial aid packages to the Egyptian government, amounting to $10.7 billion in the span of only six months.

“Resorting to Gulf mediation will help Egypt gain more time. As Ethiopia is rushing to build the dam, we are running out of time and are unable to re-launch negotiations, which puts us in a critical situation,” the official added.

According to the same official, “Egypt is preparing this dossier after receiving verbal assurances from Saudi and Emirati officials that they would back Egypt in all issues affecting its national security. This problem has been discussed in the many meetings that took place between Egyptian and Gulf officials since last June 30.”

“The Gulf mediation is a good and useful step, but it is conditional on the acceptance of both countries,” Mahmoud Abu Zeid, the head of the Arab Water Council, told Al-Monitor.

Abu Zeid said the potency of such mediation efforts lies in the fact that Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait have strong economic ties with and large investments in the Ethiopian market.

The head of the Arab Water Council, whose membership includes Saudi officials, added that it was possible for the council to play an important role in helping alleviate the ongoing tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia. But the Egyptian government has yet to ask it to intervene, and Egypt’s concern with the water issue still requires direct guidance from the president, as well as an intensification of efforts to solve the crisis, Abu Zeid said.

Saudi Arabia contributes to economic development projects in Ethiopia through investments made by Saudi businessmen in infrastructure projects. In addition, it offers Addis Ababa further support through the Kuwaiti Development Fund, OPEC and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, with the Ethiopian parliament endorsing projects financed by Saudi Arabia in energy and agriculture. Furthermore, the kingdom plays host to thousands of Ethiopian workers who are employed in a variety of jobs, particularly as domestic labor, despite that this issue was the cause of tensions after Saudi Arabia expelled a large number of illegal workers.

In January 2011, the Director of the Ethiopian Investment Authority, Abi Walad Meskel, estimated Saudi investments to be close to $3 billion dollars, making Saudi Arabia the largest investor in Ethiopia, followed by India, China and Turkey.

Al-Monitor spoke with an Egyptian diplomat assigned to the Ethiopian relations dossier. “Any change in the amount or terms of monies given to the Addis Ababa government will greatly contribute in compelling Ethiopia into reassessing its stance towards Egypt, as well as committing to a serious and constructive dialogue in order to resolve the continuing crisis that exists between the two countries concerning the Renaissance Dam,” he said.

The diplomatic source, who requested anonymity, asserted, “Arab financial pressure was the best of options in the escalatory scenario currently adopted by Egypt, following strong indications that the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources’ visit to Italy would be successful, and the uncertain prospects vis-à-vis resorting to the international community, now that Egypt has a new government in place.”

African affairs specialist at the Al-Ahram Center for Political Studies, Hani Raslan, cautioned, in an interview with Al-Monitor, about “the current state of affairs, which was no longer confined to mere tensions and constituted a direct and imminent threat to Egypt, as a result of it being deprived of its water rights. Ethiopia refuses to recognize previous international norms and conventions, as well as Egypt’s historical right, and considers the waters of the Nile to be its property.” Raslan further warned against any attempts to impose a fait accompli and move toward adopting a policy where water would be sold after the building of dams.

Raslan opined that Saudi mediation did not stop at direct negotiations with Addis Ababa, but also entailed putting pressure through other diplomatic channels that exist between Saudi Arabia and the United States.

He also asserted, “The success of Saudi intervention would primarily be to the benefit of Egypt, in accordance with the political pledges and interests that Saudi Arabia has undertaken vis-à-vis Egypt lately.”

The Arab world suffers from an inability to secure daily water needs, with a November 2013 UN report estimating that Arab countries needed to allocate at least $200 billion for water resource management during the next 10 years, just to address this crisis. The report also warned about the nonexistence of comprehensive international agreements governing transboundary waters, despite that one-third of the surface water upon which the Arab world relies originating outside its borders, with the same applying to ground water in the Arabian Peninsula.

News reports have pointed toward a shift in the food security policies of Gulf countries from Africa to Europe and America. Gulf countries are re-evaluating their projects aimed at securing their food security through some African nations, such as Ethiopia, following increased animosity toward Gulf investors among locals and the spread of public reservations about Arab investments on their lands. This is a result of the massive investments that Gulf countries made to purchase tens of thousands of hectares of cheap farmland in African countries, which they used to satisfy nearly 90% of their food needs.

The Renaissance Dam crisis continues to dominate the rhetoric of Egyptian officials, as the Ethiopian side asserts its intention to proceed with the project. Despite Cairo’s efforts, there’s no clear indications that their efforts thus far have made any inroads.

Unilever Plans Manufacturing Plant in Ethiopia as Growth Surges

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By William Davison Mar 9, 2014 2:00 PM PT


Unilever (UNA), the world’s second-biggest consumer-products maker, plans to open a manufacturing plant in Ethiopia during the next year in a bid to emulate its expansion into Vietnam, a company official said.

The London- and Rotterdam-based company is renting premises for a plant in the Chinese-built Eastern Industry Zone in Dukem, 19 miles southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, Dougie Brew, head of corporate affairs in Africa, said in a phone interview on March 4. Unilever, which already imports Knorr stock cubes and Omo detergent into Ethiopia, may initially make fabric-cleaning soaps before moving into food, he said from London.

“The plans are ambitious for Ethiopia because we see it as a growing market,” Brew said. “We’ve taken a long-term investment decision in Ethiopia because of the demography, broad-based growth and opportunity to create a genuinely inclusive and sustainable business model from scratch.”

Ethiopia’s economy is projected to expand 8 percent in the 12 months to July 7 after growing an average of 9.3 percent for the past four years, according to an October report by the International Monetary Fund. The country’s estimated population last year of 93.9 million people, sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest, is increasing at 2.9 percent a year, according to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook.

Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), the owner of the KFC fast-food chain, said on March 6 it’s considering entering Ethiopia as it expands across the continent.
Vietnam Success

Unilever invested $130 million in Vietnam as the business grew annually at more than 10 percent for 14 years after opening in 1995, a 2009 report by a think-tank at the Southeast Asian nation’s Planning and Investment Ministry said. The company is looking at a “similar scale” operations in Ethiopia, Brew said.

Ethiopia’s economy, at $41.6 billion, is almost four times smaller than Vietnam’s, according to World Bank data.

The company plans to build a “comprehensive consumer-goods manufacturing business” in Ethiopia, which will source from Ethiopian suppliers, Brew said. “Retail is still a restricted sector so a lot of our work will be developing local Ethiopian companies that will act as distributors.”

The case study by Vietnam’s Central Institute for Economic Management praised Unilever Vietnam Co. for sourcing 60 percent of raw materials and all of its packaging domestically by 2007. The company created 1,200 jobs directly and 8,000 indirectly in the country, according to the report posted on Unilever’s website.

The company whose brands include Lynx deodorant, Vaseline and Lipton Tea, will focus on sales in Ethiopia and later neighbors including South Sudan and Somalia once security improves.

“In businesses like ours it always makes sense to manufacture close to the consumer,” he said.

Violence erupted in South Sudan on Dec. 15 and clashes are continuing even after a Jan. 23 cease-fire, while Somali government forces have been battling Islamist militants for at least the past eight years.

To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa at wdavison3@bloomberg.net

Ethiopians sweep LA Marathon

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Amane Gobena ran two marathons in two months, and after winning the second in Los Angeles, she’ll now have enough money for that dream home.
The 31-year-old Ethiopian woman won the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 37 seconds after finishing sixth in Dubai on Jan. 25.
She crossed the finish line 41 seconds ahead of men’s champion and fellow Ethiopian Gebo Burka and won a $50,000 bonus for being the first elite runner to finish. The women started 17:41 ahead of the men. She also won a $25,000 first prize as top woman.
“I’m building a house, and definitely that home will be paid off,” Gobena said through an interpreter.
Burka won in 2:10:37.
Gobena finished second here in 2009, but that was on a different course than the current Stadium to the Sea that runs from Dodger Stadium to the Pacific Ocean.
Still, she knew enough to leave runner-up and fellow Ethiopian Tigist Tufa in mile 23 and was not challenged.
Tufa finished in a personal-best 2:28:04, and American Lauren Kleppin was third in 2:28:48, some 13 minutes faster than her previous best. Her goal had been to run at least 2:37, the standard for the Olympic trials that will be in Los Angeles, albeit possibly on a different course, in 2016.
Burka clocked his best time since a 2:10:18 in Cannes, France, five years ago. Through an interpreter, he said he has been sick the last three years but has since returned feeling strong.
“(Through) the instruction of my coach, I cut my amount of exercise, so I was able to save me energy and accomplish my goals,” Burka said.
Lani Rutto of Kenya was second in 2:10:48. He challenged Burka over the last three miles but ultimately faded when Burka zigzagged in mile 25. Rutto said that was the major reason he couldn’t catch Burka.
Defending champion Erick Mose was third in 2:12:56. He had fallen well back of the pack of six in mile 13 but rallied.
“I was good but I had a big problem reaching 15 miles,” Mose said. “I had a big problem with my back running downhill. A lot of pain, so I lost my pace with the other guys.”
Joshua George won the men’s wheelchair division in 1:33:11, and Susanna Scaroni won the women’s race in 1:54:54.
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Mohammed Aman wins second gold medal for Ethiopia

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Mohammed Aman wins second gold medal for Ethiopia

Sopot, PolandMohammed Aman clinched the second gold medal for Team Ethiopia after winning the 800m race in a time of 1:46.40.

Adam Kszczot of Poland came in second 35 seconds behind, with Andrew Osagie of Great Britain in third place (1:47.10).
The 20-year-old Aman, who is 2013 World champion in Moscow, retained his world indoor title from Istanbul in style finishing in 1:46.40.

Men’s 800m Result:
POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK
Details 1 180 Mohammed AMAN ETH 1:46.40
Details 2 309 Adam KSZCZOT POL 1:46.76
Details 3 206 Andrew OSAGIE GBR 1:47.10
Details 4 337 André OLIVIER RSA 1:47.31
Ethiopia finished third in the overall standing, behind the US and Great Britain.

 

Ethiopia's Dibaba takes world indoor gold in the 3,000

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Genzebe Dibaba overwhelmed opposition to breeze to a gold medal in the 3,000 meters at the world indoor championships Sunday, failing to add a third world record in a season but clinching a long-distance title after the 1,500 two years ago.
Dibaba knew from the start she was in a league all her own, and when she took charge at the halfway point only a few could match her pace. With a kick for home with two laps to go, the Ethiopian immediately created a yawning gap, leaving silver to defending champion Hellen Obiri of Kenya and bronze to Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain.
Dibaba had already set world records in the 1,500 and 3,000 this winter but decided against a double in Sopot.

Vietnam may have found door from missing jet

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Vietnamese authorities searching waters for the missing Boeing 777 jetliner spotted an object Sunday that they suspected was one of the plane’s doors, as international intelligence agencies joined the investigation into two passengers who boarded the aircraft with stolen passports.
More than a day and half after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing, no confirmed debris from the plane had been found, and the final minutes before it disappeared remained a mystery. The plane, which was carrying 239 people, lost contact with ground controllers somewhere be
The state-run Thanh Nien newspaper cited Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of staff of Vietnam’s army, as saying searchers in a low-flying plane had spotted an object suspected of being a door from the missing jet. It was found in waters about 90 kilometres south of Tho Chu island, in the same area where oil slicks were spotted Saturday.
“From this object, hopefully [we] will find the missing plane,” Mr. Tuan said. The Thanh Nien newspaper said two ships from the maritime police were heading to the site.
The missing plane apparently fell from the sky at cruising altitude in fine weather, and the pilots were either unable or had no time to send a distress signal — unusual circumstances under which a modern jetliner operated by a professional airline would crash.
Malaysia’s air force chief, Rodzali Daud, said radar indicated that the plane may have turned back, but did not give further details on which direction it went or how far it veered off course.
“We are trying to make sense of this,” Mr. Daud said at a news conference. “The military radar indicated that the aircraft may have made a turn back, and in some parts this was corroborated by civilian radar.”
Malaysia Airlines Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said pilots are supposed to inform the airline and traffic control authorities if the plane does a U-turn. “From what we have, there was no such distress signal or distress call per se, so we are equally puzzled,” he said.
Authorities were checking on the identities of the two passengers who boarded the plane with stolen passports. On Saturday, the foreign ministries in Italy and Austria said the names of two citizens listed on the flight’s manifest matched the names on two passports reported stolen in Thailand.
“I can confirm that we have the visuals of these two people on CCTV,” Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said at a news conference late Sunday, adding that the footage was being examined. “We have intelligence agencies, both local and international, on board.”
The Transport Minister declined to give further details, saying it may jeopardize the investigation.
“Our focus now is to find the aircraft,” he said, adding that finding the plane would make it easier for authorities to investigate any possible foul play.
Interpol confirmed that at least two stolen passports used by passengers on the plane were registered in its databases. It said no one had checked the databases, but added that most airlines and countries do not usually check for stolen passports.
Mr. Hussein said only two passengers had used stolen passports, and that earlier reports that the identities of two others were under investigation were not true.
White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken said the U.S. was looking into the stolen passports, but that investigators had reached no conclusions.
In addition to the plane’s sudden disappearance, which experts say is consistent with a possible onboard explosion, the stolen passports have strengthened concerns about terrorism as a possible cause. Al-Qaida militants have used similar tactics to try and disguise their identities.
Still, other possible causes would seem just as likely at this stage, including a catastrophic failure of the plane’s engines, extreme turbulence, or pilot error or even suicide. Establishing what happened with any certainty will need data from flight recorders and a detailed examination of any debris, something that will take months if not years.
European authorities on Saturday confirmed the names and nationalities of the two stolen passports: One was an Italian-issued document bearing the name Luigi Maraldi, the other Austrian under the name Christian Kozel. Police in Thailand said Mr. Maraldi’s passport was stolen on the island of Phuket last July.
A telephone operator on a China-based KLM hotline on Sunday confirmed that “Maraldi” and “Kozel” were both booked to leave Beijing on a KLM flight to Amsterdam on March 8. Mr. Maraldi was then to fly to Copenhagen, Denmark, on KLM on March 8, and Mr. Kozel to Frankfurt, Germany, on March 8.
She said since the pair booked the tickets through China Southern Airlines, she had no information on where they bought them.
Having onward reservations to Europe from Beijing would have meant the pair, as holders of EU passports, would not have needed visas for China.
Meanwhile, the multinational search for the missing plane was continuing. A total of 34 aircraft and 40 ships have been deployed to the area by Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, China and the United States, in addition to Vietnam’s fleet.
Vietnamese air force jets spotted two large oil slicks Saturday, but it was unclear whether they were linked to the missing plane.
Two-thirds of the jet’s passengers were Chinese. The rest were from elsewhere in Asia, North America and Europe.
The flight manifest identifies the two Canadians as Xiaomo Bai, 37, and Muktesh Mukherjee, 42.
Mr. Mukherjee and Ms. Bai were married and lived with their two children in Beijing, where Mr. Mukherjee was working for Pennsylvania-based Xcoal Energy & Resources, CEO Ernie Thrasher said in an email to The Canadian Press.
After more than 30 hours without contact with the aircraft, Malaysia Airlines told family members they should “prepare themselves for the worst,” Hugh Dunleavy, the commercial director for the airline, told reporters.
Finding traces of an aircraft that disappears over sea can take days or longer, even with a sustained search effort. Depending on the circumstances of the crash, wreckage can be scattered over many square kilometres (miles). If the plane enters the water before breaking up, there can be relatively little debris.
A team of American experts was en route to Asia to be ready to assist in the investigation into the crash. The team includes accident investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, as well as technical experts from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing, the safety board said in a statement.
Malaysia Airlines has a good safety record, as does the 777, which had not had a fatal crash in its 19-year history until an Asiana Airlines plane crashed last July in San Francisco, killing three passengers, all Chinese teenagers.
tween Malaysia and Vietnam after leaving Kuala Lumpur early Saturday morning for Beijing.