Australia yesterday detected two more ping signals in its search for Flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean, bringing the total to four pings that are very likely beamed from a plane black box underwater.
According to the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), the first two detections were last Saturday (April 5) at 4.45pm and 9.27pm Perth time. Contact was lost on Monday but re-established on Tuesday in the same area, at 4.27pm and 10.17pm.
JACC chief Angus Houston (right) said analysis on the ping data showed that they were "not of natural origin and likely sourced from specific electrical equipment".
Analysis of the first two beeps were at about 1.106 beep per second, which made it consistent with the signal expected from the flight data recorder.
Houston said he wanted to be very careful about misinforming the families of the MH370 passengers.
He would therefore not make commitment that the team has found the missing Boeing 777 until the wreckage can be sighted by a sonic and video-equipped automatic underwater vehicle (AUV), such as the Bluefin-21.
"The only thing we have got at the moment is detection of transmissions. We have no idea what is under the water.
"Once there is no more hope of picking up any more transmissions, we will put the AUV down," Houston told reporters at the Dumas House in West Perth.
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According to the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), the first two detections were last Saturday (April 5) at 4.45pm and 9.27pm Perth time. Contact was lost on Monday but re-established on Tuesday in the same area, at 4.27pm and 10.17pm.
JACC chief Angus Houston (right) said analysis on the ping data showed that they were "not of natural origin and likely sourced from specific electrical equipment".Analysis of the first two beeps were at about 1.106 beep per second, which made it consistent with the signal expected from the flight data recorder.
Houston said he wanted to be very careful about misinforming the families of the MH370 passengers.
He would therefore not make commitment that the team has found the missing Boeing 777 until the wreckage can be sighted by a sonic and video-equipped automatic underwater vehicle (AUV), such as the Bluefin-21.
"The only thing we have got at the moment is detection of transmissions. We have no idea what is under the water.
"Once there is no more hope of picking up any more transmissions, we will put the AUV down," Houston told reporters at the Dumas House in West Perth.
[More to follow]
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