Saturday, 26 April 2014

News: Underwater search for MH370 continues

 As the 14th day of the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370 began today Saturday April 26, 95 percent of the underwater search area has been covered, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said in Canberra.
Early into Mission 13 Friday the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Bluefin-21 was recalled due to a software issue that required resetting. The AUV has technically sophisticated equipment and a reset is not uncommon. Phoenix technicians solved the problem overnight and Mission 14 is now underway, the JACC said in a statement.
Saturday marks the 50th day of the search operation for Flight MH370, and until now, no clues have been found about what has happened to the ill-fated aircraft, The Malaysian Star reported.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has planned a visual search area for Saturday totalling approximately 57,311 sq.km.
The centre of the search area lies about 1584 kilometres north west of Perth.
Australian defense ship Ocean Shield lies docked at naval base HMAS Stirling while being fitted with a towed pinger locator to aid in her roll in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia, Sunday, March 30, 2014. The Australian warship with an aircraft black box detector was set to depart Sunday to join the search. It will still take three to four days for the ship, the Ocean Shield, to reach the search zone — an area roughly the size of Poland about 1,850 kilometers (1,150 miles) to the west of Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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