The search continues for the Asian Airlines MI 17 helicopter that disappeared over a month ago with 10 people on board, even as speculation rises about whether the chopper might have been hijacked. All efforts by the authorities as well as Asian Airlines to locate the helicopter that was flying from Makalu Base Camp to Lukla have been futile. The airline says that it is trying to work with a US firm to use space satellite imaging to locate the crash site-if the chopper did indeed crash. If a deal can be worked out, this will be the first time in Nepal that a satellite will be used to locate a missing aircraft. The costs for the project are not yet known, and the airline has already spent over Rs 20 million looking for the missing chopper.