Saturday, April 5, 2014

Chinese Ship Detects Possible Black Box Signal in Search for Missing Plane

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This could be it.


A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected a pulse signal on the same frequency used by black boxes, according to the Chinese Xinhua News Agency.


The Haixun 01 heard the ping with a frequency of 37.5 kHz about 1,050 miles off Perth, Australia in the southern Indian Ocean, significant because it's not a sound of nature or animals in the ocean — it's man made. Two other ships that searched the area on Saturday — the Royal Navy's H.M.S. Echo and the Royal Australian Navy's Ocean Shield — reported no findings.


This could mean the Chinese are using equipment in the search not previously disclosed to the Australian authorities, according to Mary Shiavo, former Inspector General of the United States Department of Transportation. Read more...

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