Families furious as hunt for jet drags on

Australia’s prime minister said yesterday that he was hopeful clues will emerge soon to help find Flight 370 though searchers again failed to find jet debris.

His comments emerged as relatives of Chinese passengers on the plane protested in Malaysia to demand the government apologise over its handling of the search.

An increasing number of ships are scouring an area of the Indian Ocean off western Australia after a new search zone was identified on Friday.