Commenting on the disappearance of MH370, SMU Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and aviation expert Terence Fan said that the discounting of the pings alone was unlikely to change the course of the search, which is expected to move into an intensified underwater hunt in the same region. "It's not official, and I don't think there is anything conclusive… Everything is up in the air now... But that's the best thing we have," he told AFP of the latest revelation.