Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Center, which is leading the search, said up to 10 military planes, four civil jets and nine ships are involved in the multinational effort Friday.
No trace of the plane has been found, nearly four weeks after it vanished. Officials continue to try to narrow the search area, which currently stands at a staggeringly large 217,000 square kilometers.
Authorities are desperately trying to locate the crash site before batteries run out on the plane's flight data recorder, preventing it from transmitting a radio signal. The batteries usually last about 30 days.
On Thursday, an Australian ship detected what was initially thought to be a possible signal from the so-called black box. But it was later discounted as a false alert, possibly from a sea animal or interference from shipping noise.
The international search team said it remains committed to finding the wreckage, but officials have in recent days conceded that the mystery may never be completely solved.
The jetliner vanished without any distress calls on March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Officials have refused to rule out any possibilities, including hijacking, sabotage, or a mechanical malfunction.
Malaysian officials have ruled out foul play from any of the plane's 239 passengers, but continue to investigate the pilots and crew for possible wrongdoing.
[voanews.com]
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MH370 search operations focused on 3 areas today...
ReplyDeletePerth — Search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be focused on three areas 1,700km north west of Perth today (April 4), said the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC).
Up to 10 military planes, four civil aircraft and nine ships will be dedicated to today’s search efforts in an area spanning 217,000 square km.
Some 26 State Emergency Service volunteers from Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria will work as air observers on three of the civil jets. Another civil aircraft will operate as a communications relay to deconflict the air space in the search area.
Weather conditions are expected to be fair with a visibility range of about 10km and a cloud base between 1,000 and 2,000 feet.
The Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield fitted with a towed pinger locater and an autonomous vehicle to try and locate the plane’s black box is also expected to arrive in the search area today.......http://www.todayonline.com/world/australia/mh370-search-operations-focused-3-areas-today
4/4/14
Malaysia Airlines : l'Australie lance des recherches sous-marines...
ReplyDeleteL’agence australienne en charge de coordonner les recherches du vol MH370 disparu a annoncé vendredi avoir déployé un navire équipé d’un localisateur de boîtes noires, quelques jours avant que le signal émis par ces dernières ne disparaissent.
C’est la tentative de la dernière chance pour localiser les boîtes noires à bord du Boeing 777 de la Malaysia Airlines, disparu le 8 mars dernier.
Underwater hunt starts for Flight 370’s black box ....
ReplyDeleteCrews searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet launched a targeted underwater hunt on Friday for the plane’s black boxes along a stretch of remote ocean, with just days left before the devices’ batteries are expected to run out.
The Australian navy ship Ocean Shield, which is dragging a towed pinger locator from the U.S. Navy, and the British navy’s HMS Echo, which has underwater search gear on board, will converge along a 240-kilometer (150-mile) track in a desolate patch of the southern Indian Ocean, said Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency coordinating the search.
The plane’s data recorders emit a ping that can be detected by the equipment on board the ships. But the battery-powered devices stop transmitting the pings for about 30 days after a crash - meaning searchers have little time left before the batteries on Flight 370’s black boxes die out.
Locating the data recorders and wreckage after that is possible, but incredibly difficult.
Vol MH370: les boîtes noires n'émettront bientôt plus...
DeleteUne sonde de 35 kilos parcourt la zone de recherche du Boeing 777 et tente de repérer le signal des boîtes noires. Le temps est compté, elles n’émettront plus que quelques jours.