20 Mar 2014 3:03 pm GMT
• Australia’s maritime search agency is focusing all of its resources on finding two objects picked up on satellite images that they believe could be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. One of the objects is said to around 24 metres (79ft) long.
• Four search aircraft and a Norwegian commercial ship in the area, have yet to locate the debris in a remote area about 1,500 miles south-west of Perth, Australia. The full search operation, which has so far been hampered by poor visibility, will resume at day break on Friday. The British survey ship HMS Echo is one of a number vessels on its way to the area.
• The owners of a Norwegian car carrier were asked to conduct a search and rescue operation in the area as early as Tuesday. Höegh Autolines said the Filipino crew of the Höegh St Petersburg were scouring the area with binoculars, and had done so even at night.
• Australia’s defence minister, David Johnston, cautioned against talk of a breakthrough admitting “this may well be nothing”. Speaking to ABC he said: “We’re several days away, I think, from really having an idea of the credibility and veracity of this report.”
• The Malaysian authorities leading the hunt for the plane have described Australian satellite images as a “credible lead”. But they cautioned that they had yet to be verified citing an earlier false lead from Chinese satellite images.
• Despite the credible lead in the southern Indian ocean the search in the northern corridor continues. Malaysia’s acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said: “Until we are certain that we have located MH370, search and rescue operations will continue in both corridors.” He confirmed that two search aircraft have been sent as far north west as Kazakhstan.
• Experts warned that the possible debris could have drifted dozens of miles since the satellite images were taken on Sunday. The area is one remotest spots in the world and known for strong and unpredictable currents.
• The families of missing Chinese passengers have insisted that their loved ones could still be alive. The Chinese authorities have sent police and ambulances to the Beijing hotel where many of the relatives are waiting for news.
Source: The Guardian
• Australia’s maritime search agency is focusing all of its resources on finding two objects picked up on satellite images that they believe could be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. One of the objects is said to around 24 metres (79ft) long.
• Four search aircraft and a Norwegian commercial ship in the area, have yet to locate the debris in a remote area about 1,500 miles south-west of Perth, Australia. The full search operation, which has so far been hampered by poor visibility, will resume at day break on Friday. The British survey ship HMS Echo is one of a number vessels on its way to the area.
• The owners of a Norwegian car carrier were asked to conduct a search and rescue operation in the area as early as Tuesday. Höegh Autolines said the Filipino crew of the Höegh St Petersburg were scouring the area with binoculars, and had done so even at night.
• Australia’s defence minister, David Johnston, cautioned against talk of a breakthrough admitting “this may well be nothing”. Speaking to ABC he said: “We’re several days away, I think, from really having an idea of the credibility and veracity of this report.”
• The Malaysian authorities leading the hunt for the plane have described Australian satellite images as a “credible lead”. But they cautioned that they had yet to be verified citing an earlier false lead from Chinese satellite images.
• Despite the credible lead in the southern Indian ocean the search in the northern corridor continues. Malaysia’s acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said: “Until we are certain that we have located MH370, search and rescue operations will continue in both corridors.” He confirmed that two search aircraft have been sent as far north west as Kazakhstan.
• Experts warned that the possible debris could have drifted dozens of miles since the satellite images were taken on Sunday. The area is one remotest spots in the world and known for strong and unpredictable currents.
• The families of missing Chinese passengers have insisted that their loved ones could still be alive. The Chinese authorities have sent police and ambulances to the Beijing hotel where many of the relatives are waiting for news.
Source: The Guardian
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