Malaysia Airlines has denied that an expired battery in the underwater locator beacon would have made a difference in the search for missing Flight MH370.<br /><br /> It comes a day after the Malaysian government released an interim report into the plane’s disappearance a year ago, revealing that the battery had not been replaced after expiring in December 2012.<br /><br /> Malaysia Airlines (MAS) said in a statement published on Monday that a similar beacon was also installed with the solid state cockpit voice recorder (SSCVR) and its battery life was still good.<br /><br /> The oversight was blamed on a failure to properly update a computer system in the engineering department of Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation said in Sunday’s report.<br /><br /> Malaysia’s transport ministry said in a statement it was reviewing the interim report and pledged to take “stern action”, without giving further details.<br /><br /> “In no manner does the data point to how or why MH370 went missing,” the statement added.<br /><br /> But l
