New satellite has emerged this morning from the Chinese government that identifies an object 22m by 13m in the Southern Indian Ocean approximately 120km from the first site from where Australia released its satellite images.
Image – Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence – http://www.sastind.gov.cn/n112/n117/c305455/content.html
The image was taken on 18th March – 4 days ago by Chinese satellite Gaofen-1 120km south-west of the last reported sighting of possible debris.
However, there has been no sighting of debris by Australian and New Zealand search teams. The six aircraft that went out today found nothing in their sorties.
The search aircraft will be increased by another two aircraft as two Chinese IL-76 transport aircraft will be joining the hunt from Sunday. Japanese planes will also be joining the search.
Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Success has joined the sea search effort, bolstering the search vessels on the water to three, along with four datum buoys which are tracking tides. Other ships are due to enter the area.
There are some things that could hinder the search – and that’s the weather – as a cold front expected on Sunday, which could bring rain and thunderstorms to the area.
The search for flight MH370 is now in its third week, with not confirmed sighing of the Boeing 777-200ER and its 239 souls aboard it.
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