Possible wreckage of MH370 spotted. Missing Malaysia Airlines plane: satellite images focus search on southern Indian Ocean By: smh.au Absolute Aviation English. The Australian-led search 2500km southwest of Perth has finished for the night without finding any debris from MH370, nor the objects that appeared in the satellite images revealed on Thursday. Earlier, an international force of surveillance planes and ships converged in a remote spot in the Indian Ocean to investigate what Australian satellite experts say are credible images of pieces of the missing MH370 plane. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority announced just before midnight on Thursday, eastern daylight time, that four surveillance planes - from Australia, the United States and New Zealand - had covered an area of 23,000 square kilometres. Advertisement The search will resume on Friday morning. The debris in the pictures may have drifted dozens of kilometres since the images were taken. Nearly two weeks after the Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared, Australian authorities were describing as their best lead the grainy satellite images of two objects about 2500 kilometres southwest of Perth. But senior sources urged caution late on Thursday night, as the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is co-ordinating the search, said the first Australian plane on the scene failed to find anything. One source familiar with the operation said there was unlikely to be definitive news until Navy supply ship HMAS Success reached the scene and could take a close-up look, which meant at least 48 hours. Four aircraft were sent on Thursday to search the area - an Australian P-3 Orion and a cutting-edge United States P-8 Poseidon. Another Australian Orion as well as an Orion from the Royal New Zealand Air Force were due to arrive later on Thursday. Former Qantas pilot Trevor Jensen told the ABC that the larger object could be a wing or a part of the tail. Fuel is kept in the wings and, if it had run out, the wing would likely float, he said. Each wing of a Boeing 777 is about 27 metres long, though the satellite image provided by AMSA suggests an object that is broader than a planes wing. We cannot conclude that its MH370 until after we carefully examine the site. BY: smh.au ONLY AT! Absolute Aviation English Brazil - Congonhas Airport Classes at the fully structured school and online! ICAO - Bandeira - Speeches - Phraseology - Interviews (Emirates/Qatar/FlyDubai) - General - Translations facebook/pages/Absolute-Aviation/180799291974277?ref=hl (5511)3253-4367 / 5096-1618 Skype: absolute.aviation
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:15:23 +0000
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