Tony Abbott says searchers think underwater signals are coming from wreckage of Malaysia Airlines plane Australia is confident that search teams have located the missing Malaysian planes black box to "within some kilometres", the prime minister, Tony Abbott, said on Friday. But the head of the Australian team co-ordinating efforts to find MH370 stressed that there had been no major breakthrough...
Search co-ordinators for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are optimistic after two further 'pings' consistent with those of a plane's black box flight recorder were detected on Tuesday. Angus Houston, who leads the search efforts from Perth, says there will be no confirmation of a link to MH370 until wreckage is found which he hopes will be in a matter of days Continue reading... ...
Search teams 'throwing everything' into finding Malaysia Airlines jet before black box batteries expected to die, investigators say No further pings from what may be the black box recorders of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet have been detected after a weekend of hopeful leads, as search teams "throw everything" into finding the aircraft before the black box batteries are expected to die,...
Improved weather in Indian Ocean allows sea and air teams to step up their efforts as window of opportunity closes Search teams are racing against the clock to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as the window for finding one of the black boxes with an active power source gets progressively smaller. Australias defence minister, David Johnston, said on Tuesday that a spell of reasonable...
The biblical blockbuster has now been banned in a number of Muslim countries, over claims that its depiction of Noah who is recognised by Muslims as a prophet contravenes Islamic law Biblical epic Noah has been banned in Malaysia after Darren Aronofsky's film was deemed to be in violation of Islamic law. The Malaysian Sun says that censors outlawed screenings to avoid causing offence to the country's...
Search officials said on Monday that two new 'pings' detected by an Australian ship are the 'most promising lead' in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The signals picked up are consistent with transmissions from a black box flight recorder, however MH370's black box is expected to lose battery power soon Continue reading... ...
Hishammuddin Hussein cautiously hopeful of positive developments in hunt for plane 'in next few days, if not hours' The hunt for the missing flight MH370 could see positive developments "in the next few days, if not hours", Malaysia's transport minister has said after an Australian vessel twice detected signals consistent with transmissions from the beacons on a black box. Continue reading......
Search chief says vessel's discovery is most promising lead, though not yet confirmation of the location of the plane A signal consistent with transmissions from the black box flight recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight was picked up for more than two hours in the Indian Ocean, according to the head of Australias joint agency co-ordination centre. In what may...
The tragedy of MH370 its details still unfolding has provoked a self-scrutiny politicians are unused to and can only benefit from The telling of the story of MH370 back once again in the headlines with the news that a possible black box signal has been detected has told us much about Malaysia and its place in the world. An illustration: in the early hours of 2 April, a Malaysian journalist by the name...
The decision to illustrate an article about the loss of Malaysian airliner MH370 with a picture of a grief-stricken relative elicited a strong response from our readers The disappearance of Flight MH370 and the mystery of what happened to it after it diverted from its flight path en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March was top of our news agenda for two weeks. The story generated enormous...
Search teams are working to determine whether three 'pings' could have been emitted from the black box of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. An Australian ship detected a 'ping' on Sunday around 300 nautical miles from a Chinese ship which had picked up two 'pings' 2km apart. The search co-ordinator calls the lead 'encouraging' but says it should be treated carefully Continue reading... ...
Pulse signal matches that of aircraft's black box recorder but batteries are about to expire The news that a Chinese ship has picked up a pulse signal whose frequency matches that of an aircraft's black box recorder raises hopes that the mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may be resolved in the near future. With the batteries on the device expected to expire as early as Monday experts...
Haixun 01 records signal with same frequency as that of black box ping as search continues for missing plane A Chinese search ship has detected an electronic pulse in an area of the southern Indian Ocean where it is believed the missing Malaysian Airlines plane crashed, state media has announced. "Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 searching for flight MH370 discovered a pulse signal with a frequency...
Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak has visited the West Australian city of Perth to inspect the headquarters of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370. While in Perth, he thanked Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott for Australia's help coordinating search efforts. My Abbott said it was one of the toughest searches ever undertaken, but both men expressed optimism the plane would be...
Suspected insurgents from Philippines seized women from tourist resort before fleeing in speed boat, officials say A Chinese tourist and hotel receptionist have been kidnapped by suspected Filipino insurgents in Malaysia, officials say. Six men armed with pistols are said to have raided the Singamata Reef resort late on Wednesday before fleeing in a speed boat. A police report said the Chinese victim...
Tony Abbott says mystery is 'biggest in aviation history' as he hosts visit by Malaysian prime minister to search base near Perth The former military chief overseeing the search for flight MH370 has told the Malaysian prime minister Australia is doing everything it can to find any wreckage. Najib Razak arrived in Western Australia on Wednesday night to meet with his Australian counterpart, the prime...
Investigators still have few clues about Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared as three more ships head to search zone The investigation into Malaysia Airlines' flight 370's disappearance may never find the true cause, the country's police chief warned on Wednesday. Khalid Abu Bakar said the case "may go on and on and on" and urged people to be patient as he briefed reporters in Kuala...
HMS Tireless arrives in Indian Ocean, with Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo also due to begin search efforts The British submarine HMS Tireless has arrived in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday night to help with the search for flight MH370. The vessel will help with efforts to find the plane's black box recorder in order to piece together its final moments, as a transcript of the last words spoken from the...
Ahmad Shabery Cheek says transmitting more data to the ground could help investigators in cases like that of flight MH370 A Malaysian politician has called for aircraft black box records to be transmitted to data centres on the ground to help investigators find the cause of crashes and disappearances like that of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Airliners at present send only limited data via transponders...
Malaysia says final words to air traffic control were 'Goodnight, Malaysian Three Seven Zero', contradicting an earlier version Malaysia has released a transcript of the final words spoken from the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which contradicts earlier reports but does not indicate "anything abnormal", authorities said on Tuesday. The final words heard by Kuala Lumpur...