中文USEUROPEAFRICAASIA
    World / Asia-Pacific

    Australia to resume ocean search for missing jet

    (Agencies) Updated: 2014-03-21 08:52

    Latest news China effort Passengers stories Timeline Reporter's Log
    Infographic Mystery deepens Airlines' statement Passport scam Photos


    Australia to resume ocean search for missing jet

    Dimensions of the Boeing 777-200ER

    Wing span: 60.9 metres
    Overall length: 63.7 metres
    Tail height: 18.5 metres
    Fuselage diameter: 6.19 metres

    SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR - Rescue authorities studied satellite data on Friday for more clues in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, after an air and sea search in the remote Indian Ocean off Australia failed to find any trace of a suspected debris field.

    Australia rushed four international aircraft to an area some 2,500 km (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth on Thursday when analysis of satellite images identified two large objects that may have come from the Boeing 777, which went missing from radar screens 13 days ago with 239 people aboard.

    Investigators suspect the Malaysia Airlines flight, which took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing shortly after midnight on March 8, was deliberately diverted thousands of km (miles) and then crashed into some of the deepest, most isolated waters on the planet in a possible suicide.

    Rescue authorities cautioned that the objects spotted on the satellite images, dated March 16, might not be related to the transcontinental search for the plane but said the find represented the best lead yet.

    Four aircraft would resume the search of the 23,000 square km zone on Friday, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said. A Norwegian merchant ship that had been diverted to the area on Thursday was still searching there. Another vessel would arrive later on Friday.

    Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss said Australia continued to examine satellite footage to pinpoint the location of the suspected debris, which included a piece estimated from the satellite imagery to be 24 metres long.

    "Clearly, there's a lot of resources being put into that particular area. It's broadly consistent with the flight plans that were talked about ever since the satellites and their work has been added to the information bank," Truss told ABC radio.

    "That work will continue, trying to get more pictures, stronger resolution so that we can be more confident about where the items are, how far they have moved and therefore what efforts should be put into the search effort."

    Strong winds, cloud and rain had made searching difficult, said Kevin Short, air vice marshal at New Zealand's Defence Forces which sent a P-3K2 Orion to search the area on Thursday.

    "The crew never found any object of significance," he told Radio New Zealand. "Visibility wasn't very good, which makes it harder to search the surface of the water," he said.

    A nearby desolate group of French-administered sub-Antarctic islands including St. Paul and Amsterdam and Kerguelen had been asked to look for debris, but none had been spotted, said Sebastien Mourot, chief of staff for the French prefect of La Reunion.

    False Leads

    There have been many false leads and no confirmed wreckage found from Flight MH370 since it vanished off Malaysia's east coast, less than an hour after taking off.

    There has also been criticism of the search operation and investigation, as more than two dozen countries scramble to overcome logistical and diplomatic hurdles to solve the mystery.

    Investigators piecing together patchy data from military radar and satellites believe that, minutes after its identifying transponder was switched off as it crossed the Gulf of Thailand, the plane turned sharply west, re-crossing the Malay Peninsula and following an established route towards India.

    What happened next is unclear, but faint electronic "pings" picked up by one commercial satellite suggest the aircraft flew on for at least six hours.

    A source with direct knowledge of the situation said that information gleaned from the pings had been passed to investigators within a few days, but it took Malaysia more than a week to narrow the search area to two large arcs - one reaching south to near where the potential debris was spotted, and a second crossing to the north into China and central Asia.


    Not to Miss:

    Australia investigates possible debris from MH370


    Australia to resume ocean search for missing jet

    Australia to resume ocean search for missing jet

    Video: Friend defends MH370 pilot

    Nik Huzlan, a previous classmate of Captain Zaharie, speaks high of the pilot.

    Australia to resume ocean search for missing jet

    Video: Officials remain puzzled

    Tension mounted as the search for the missing Malaysian airplane continued. 


    Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

    Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
    May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
    Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
    Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
    Most Popular
    Hot Topics
    ...
    中文字幕无码久久精品青草 | 无码h黄动漫在线播放网站| 九九久久精品无码专区| 视频一区二区中文字幕| 亚洲人成无码久久电影网站| 人妻av无码一区二区三区| 日韩亚洲欧美中文高清在线| 无码免费又爽又高潮喷水的视频 | 白嫩少妇激情无码| 久久久噜噜噜久久中文字幕色伊伊| 亚洲VA成无码人在线观看天堂| 亚洲国产综合精品中文字幕| 在线综合亚洲中文精品| 国产精品VA在线观看无码不卡| 亚洲Aⅴ无码专区在线观看q| 区三区激情福利综合中文字幕在线一区 | 国产在线拍偷自揄拍无码| 日韩中文字幕在线| 日本公妇在线观看中文版| 久久亚洲精品无码播放| yy111111少妇影院里无码| 亚洲AV永久无码精品成人| 精品久久久无码21p发布| 亚洲国产午夜中文字幕精品黄网站 | 亚洲AV无码久久精品色欲| 亚洲欧美日韩中文字幕二区| 亚洲欧美日韩一区高清中文字幕| 中文字幕久久波多野结衣av| 亚洲 欧美 中文 在线 视频| 久クク成人精品中文字幕| 中文字幕AV一区中文字幕天堂| 亚洲av麻豆aⅴ无码电影| 久久久91人妻无码精品蜜桃HD| 波多野42部无码喷潮在线 | 免费无码黄十八禁网站在线观看| 国模GOGO无码人体啪啪| 秋霞无码一区二区| 精品无码久久久久国产| 国产成人午夜无码电影在线观看| 777久久精品一区二区三区无码| av区无码字幕中文色|