Two more ‘pings’ heard in search for missing plane
Two more ‘pings’ have been detected in the hunt for Malaysia Airline’s missing black box, giving hope to search teams.
Head of Australian agency coordinating the search for the missing flight says two ‘ping’ signals, consistent with black box locator beacons, have been recorded, one lasting for seven minutes.
However, contact with the signals was subsequently lost, raising concerns the pinger may have run out of battery life, reports the Telegraph.
Angus Houston, the search coordinator, said the sets of "much weaker" signals were detected on Tuesday, with one at 4.27pm, local time, lasting 5 minutes and 32 seconds and another at 10.17pm lasting 7 minutes.
The signals – which were heard about 20 miles apart – were detected by a towed pinger locator in the area close to where two previous sets of signals were heard at the weekend.
Mr Houston said it was important to refine the search area as much as possible before sending down the Bluefin 21 underwater drone to search for wreckage.
Search teams have been racing against time to locate signals from the flight recorders before their batteries expire after about one month.
Flight MH370 disappeared on 8 March, carrying 239 people, while it was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Despite investigations into crew and passengers, there is still no official explanation for what might have happened.
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