Danica Weeks says she feared the search for MH370 would end more than the one year anniversary

The wife of MH370 passenger Paul Weeks says she is relieved beyond words that the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will continue. SEARCH AREA DOUBLED

Danica Weeks' husband Paul was on MH370. She has written a first person piece about her past year. Pictured is Danica with h...

The wife of MH370 passenger Paul Weeks says she is relieved beyond words that the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will continue.

Danica Weeks told news.com.au that she had feared the Australian, Malaysian and Chinese governments would call off the hunt at the end of May even if they had found no trace of the aircraft.

But today it was announced the search area will double to 120,000sq km if the Boeing 777 is not found in the current search zone.

“I have been panicking that they were going to stop – it has been overshadowing everything,” Ms Weeks told news.com.au.

“I had been worrying about this more than March 8, the one year anniversary, and the fact they might call it off even if they found nothing.

“It was actually taunting me because that would be it, we wouldn’t know forever.”

Danica Weeks is the wife of Paul Weeks who was on Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared from radar on route between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing on March 8. picture - supplied (2002 Christchurch)

Ms Weeks, whose husband Paul travelling to Mongolia to start his dream job when the Boeing 777 disappeared, said she was able to breathe a sigh of relief this afternoon when she got a message from Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss – the first time she has received information regarding the operation before the media - that they had agreed to keep searching.

“This gives us more hope,” she told news.com.au

“Knowing that we have another 60,000 sq kms that they are going to search…that will hopefully bring us the answers.

“I am happy they have committed to searching for an answer. It’s a big relief.

“They need to find it not just for us but for everyone. There have been so many lately.

“The thing is we need to know, what happened and bring them home.”

Danica Weeks is the wife of Paul Weeks who was on Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared from radar on route between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing on March 8. pictured is Danica with her their young children Lincoln (3) and Jack (11 months) at their home

Earlier today, Mr Truss met with the Malaysian Transport Minister Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai and the Chinese Minister for Transport, His Excellency Yang Chuantangs in Kuala Lumpur to discuss what they should do if the missing Malaysia Airlines plane was not found at the end of May – the deadline for the current stage of the search.

About 60 per cent of the current 60,000sq km search zone off the West Australian coast has been combed without any trace of the aircraft.

Today it was announced that if the Boeing 777 is not found by the time that has been completed, the search area will be doubled to 120,000sq km.

That would “cover the entire highest probability area identified by expert analysis”, Mr Truss said at the press conference in Malaysia.

“We’re confident we’re searching in the right area,” he added.