MH370: New search area confirmed
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The Australian government has announced a new search area in the hunt for flight MH370.
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said yesterday that the new search zone would cover up to 60,000km² in the Indian Ocean.
The new search area has been defined by the satellite data provided by Inmarsat.
“Specialists have analysed satellite communications information – information which was never initially intended to have the capability to track an aircraft – and performed extremely complex calculations,” said Truss.
“The new priority area is still focused on the seventh arc, where the aircraft last communicated with satellite. We are now shifting our attention to an area further south along the arc based on these calculations.”
The previous search area was based on the location of underwater ‘pings’, which were believed to have been emitted by the aircraft’s data recorders. But it seems that was yet another false lead in this confusing and complex investigation.
Chinese and Dutch vessels are currently mapping the seabed in the search area, which will then form the basis of an underwater search, which is due to commence in August and could take a year to complete.
“The underwater search will aim to locate the aircraft and any evidence to assist with the Malaysian investigation of the disappearance of MH370,” Truss added.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing on 8 March with 239 passengers and crew onboard.
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