Malaysia government on May 1 released its preliminary report on FlightMH 370, marking the most extensive release of information on themissing airliner to date.

The five-page document,which was submitted earlier to the International Civil AviationOrganization (ICAO), is mostly a recap of information that has alreadybeen released over time, along with audio recordings of verbal exchangesbetween the cockpit of the jet and air traffic controllers, anddocuments pertaining to the cargo manifest.

An internationalcommittee that is responsible for investigating, appraising andidentifying the true cause of the incident, is expected to beginoperations this week so as to prevent other planes going missing infuture, according to the government.

Also onMay 1, Malaysia Airlines announced that it will stop coveringaccommodation costs for relatives of the missing passengers from May 7.

It pledged to provide them with the latestinformation about the plane as soon as possible, and open informationsupport centres in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur.

Based on satellite data and MH 370’s fuel reserves, experts believe thatit is plunged into the southern section of Indian Ocean off the coastof western Australia, where a massive search air, sea and underwatersearch has yet to yield any evidence of the aircraft.

The MH 370, which had 239 passengers and crew on board, disappearedoff civilian radars on March 8 while on a scheduled flight from KualaLumpur to Beijing.-VNA