The search and rescue for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 enters its 17th day today, amidst warning of tropical cyclone Gillian striking vessels and aircraft participating in the operation.
Presently there have been three sightings from satellites, asFrance, too, yesterday announced that satellite picked up sighting of possible debris from the plane in the southern Indian Ocean. This comes after Australia and China also made similar announcements.
Following this, The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) have asked Malaysia to provide them with a copy of the cargo listor manifest carried by Flight MH370 after sightings of wooden pallets and strapping belts were reported on Saturday.
Below are updates and the latest coverage from various sources and news agencies:
8.40am: After Flight MH370 made the turnback towards the west, it drastically dropped to less than 4,000metres or 12,000feet, CNN reports
Citing military radar data and a source with the investigations, it says the finding somewhat reduces but does not rule out suspicions on foul play in the cockpit.
In its news broadcast, CNN further says the sudden drop in altitude may indicate an emergency situation could have arose, as there is could be a lack of air in the plane.
This revelation appears to slash the theory that someone reprogrammed the plane's flight path before the co-pilot, 27-year-old Fariq Abdul Hamid, signed off with air-traffic controllers for the last time at 1.07am on March 8.
SARs resumes
8.30am: The Amsa reports that five aircraft have now departed Perth for the search site, and this includes a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orion and two civil jets.
8.20am: Amsa reports that 10 aircraft will be participating in the search for possible objects in an area 2,500kilometre southwest of Perth in Western Australia.
Planes include military and three civilian aircraft from Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan and the United States. The search area has been split into two areas covering 68,500sq km.
China, which has 153 passengers onboard the missing MAS flight, will be participating in the air search for the first time and they will be using two Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft.
Weather wise, the search is likeli to be hampered by rain.
Australian naval vessel HMAS Success is already there while several Chinese ships are en route to the search area.
French satellite images from radar echo
8.00am: The satellite images of objects in the southern Indian Ocean, detected by the French, were detected via radar echoes,Reuters reports.
In its report yesterday, it states: “The French Foreign Ministry said radar echoes from a satellite put the new debris finding about 2,300km (1,430 miles) from Perth, without giving a direction or a date.”
A radar echo is an electronic signal which is bounced or reflected off objects, which can indicate the location and distance of said objects.
Background:
Presently there have been three sightings from satellites, asFrance, too, yesterday announced that satellite picked up sighting of possible debris from the plane in the southern Indian Ocean. This comes after Australia and China also made similar announcements.
Following this, The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) have asked Malaysia to provide them with a copy of the cargo listor manifest carried by Flight MH370 after sightings of wooden pallets and strapping belts were reported on Saturday.
Below are updates and the latest coverage from various sources and news agencies:
8.40am: After Flight MH370 made the turnback towards the west, it drastically dropped to less than 4,000metres or 12,000feet, CNN reports
Citing military radar data and a source with the investigations, it says the finding somewhat reduces but does not rule out suspicions on foul play in the cockpit.
In its news broadcast, CNN further says the sudden drop in altitude may indicate an emergency situation could have arose, as there is could be a lack of air in the plane.
This revelation appears to slash the theory that someone reprogrammed the plane's flight path before the co-pilot, 27-year-old Fariq Abdul Hamid, signed off with air-traffic controllers for the last time at 1.07am on March 8.
SARs resumes
8.30am: The Amsa reports that five aircraft have now departed Perth for the search site, and this includes a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orion and two civil jets.
8.20am: Amsa reports that 10 aircraft will be participating in the search for possible objects in an area 2,500kilometre southwest of Perth in Western Australia.
Planes include military and three civilian aircraft from Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan and the United States. The search area has been split into two areas covering 68,500sq km.
China, which has 153 passengers onboard the missing MAS flight, will be participating in the air search for the first time and they will be using two Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft.
Weather wise, the search is likeli to be hampered by rain.
Australian naval vessel HMAS Success is already there while several Chinese ships are en route to the search area.
French satellite images from radar echo
8.00am: The satellite images of objects in the southern Indian Ocean, detected by the French, were detected via radar echoes,Reuters reports.
In its report yesterday, it states: “The French Foreign Ministry said radar echoes from a satellite put the new debris finding about 2,300km (1,430 miles) from Perth, without giving a direction or a date.”
A radar echo is an electronic signal which is bounced or reflected off objects, which can indicate the location and distance of said objects.
Background:
- The Beijing-bound Boeing 777-200ER aircraft went missing not long after taking off from KL International Airport in the early hours of March 8, with 12 crew members and 227 passengers.
- Its whereabouts remains a mystery as 26 countries race to locate the missing plane, believed to be either in the nothern corridor, anywhere between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, or in the southern corridor covering Indonesia and to the south of the India Ocean.
- This comes after the authorities determined that the plane intentionally made a turn-back and altered its course shortly after cutting communications with tower controllers.
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