As the search for MH370 drew to an early close today due to worsening weather conditions, The ThaiGeo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency released some new satellite imagery – some of which is very detailed.
Click to enlarge – Image at http://www.gistda.or.th/gistda_n/newsphotos/20140327-mh370/ori/mh370_3.jpg
(Head to http://www.gistda.or.th/gistda_n/index.php/component/content/article/1899 with Google Chrome to auto-translate for you. There are some high-resolution JPG’s of the findings of the Thai Satellite.
The image was captured on 24th March – one day after the findings of a French Satellite that picked up 122 items at sea.
The floating objects – described as some 300 were scattered over an area around 2,700km south-west of Perth, and 200km from the area that the French satellite picked up an image in the day before.
Objects vary between 2m to 15m in size.
Whilst these have not been positively linked to MH370, they do provide a lead where to possibly look next.
In later breaking news, from the AFP, Japanese satellite images have shown around 10 floating objects off Australia, about 2550km south-west of Perth, with objects 8 meters by 4 meters wide showing.
Conditions out remained rough for the day, with only the ships remaining – searching for any sign of the remains of the aircraft. The aerial search will resume at a later point today (28th March), with nine military aircraft and one civilian aircraft to go out.
This is made up of:
- Two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orions
- A Republic of Korea P3 Orion
- A Republic of Korea C130 Hercules
- A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion
- A Chinese military Ilyushin IL-76
- A United States Navy P8 Poseidon aircraft
- A Japanese coast guard jet
- A Japanese P3 Orion
- A Civilian Jet to provide a communication relay point.
Whilst more sightings of debris via satellite will help, only when they see it close up in the air, and realistically when the items are taken out of the sea will we know for sure if they are related to MH370…. or not.
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