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Second Pulse Signal Detected Could be From Missing Flight MH370
The Chinese ship the Haixun has twice detected a pulse signal that is similar to that of a black box from an aircraft, in their search for missing flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The first signal was detected on April 4, with the second one picked up on April 5, retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said at a press conference on April 6.
“This morning we were contacted by the Chinese authorities and advised that Haixun 01 had late yesterday afternoon redetected the signals for 90 seconds within just two kilometres of the original detection,” he said.
“This is an important and encouraging lead, but one which I urge you to continue to treat carefully.
“We are working in a very big ocean and within a very large search area and so far, since the aircraft went missing, we have had very few leads which allow us to narrow the search area,” he said according to ABC news. He added that two Australian vessels would be sent to assist the Haixum 01 in the search for the missing flight MH 370 with its 239 passengers.
It is almost four weeks since the plane mysteriously disappeared on its flight from Malaysia to China, and despite a frantic search no wreckage of the plane has been found.
See ABC report
