MH370's beacon battery had expired well before it disappered
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The locator beacon battery on the data recording black box had expired before Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ever vanished shortly after leaving Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing, an interim report issued on the first anniversary of the tragedy revealed.
The Malaysian report, which shed little light on the Boeing 777's disappearance, was released Sunday as at least 30 relatives of the Chinese passengers on board gathered at a Beijing temple to mark the anniversary.
Holding signs and white T-shirts saying "search on" and demanding "the truth," the relatives said they wanted to commemorate the day, pray for their loved ones' safe return and maintain pressure for more information from Malaysian authorities, who they believe are concealing information.
In Sydney, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose agencies are leading the hunt, said searchers were about 40% through scouring a 23,000-square-mile area of the southern Indian Ocean due to conclude in May. And he promised to continue the search "as long as there are reasonable leads."
