Day: April 16, 2014

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Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 – submarine pursues ping signals – an annotated infographic

E&T magazine

An Australian ship searching for missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner flight MH370 has picked up two signals consistent with the pings from aircraft black box recorders, in the most promising lead yet in the month-long hunt. E&T‘s comprehensive coverage of the Flight MH370 story as it develops is gathered on one dynamic page. Handy, if you want to catch up on every twist in this tale. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 – submarine pursues ping signals – an annotated infographic

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Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 – unmanned sub on the hunt for black boxes – an annotated infographic

E&T magazine

The unmanned Bluefin-21 submarine deployed to search for wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner on the sea floor, after acoustic signals consistent with an aircraft black box narrowed down the likely search area last week, has been forced to resurface. A technical glitch has halted operations, with the autonomous submarine already in its second mission. The Bluefin-21, currently the only tool available to the search teams to move forward with the investigation after the black box batteries ran out more than 30 days after the suspected crash, resurfaced early on Wednesday due to unspecified technical problems. Sonar data downloaded … Continue reading Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 – unmanned sub on the hunt for black boxes – an annotated infographic