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Search for Missing Jet Resumes With Focus on 'Potential Objects'
The search in the southern Indian
Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet began early Thursday (late
Wednesday ET), Australian authorities said.
Searchers
from four countries — Australia, Japan, China and the United States —
resumed scouring for the doomed airplane before 9 a.m. Thursday (local
time) — a day after Malaysian investigators said satellite images taken
Sunday show 122 “potential objects” off the coast of Perth, Australia.
The search area
Thursday will cover a cumulative 30,000 square miles southwest of Perth,
according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
The
HMAS Success, a Royal Australian Navy ship, was stationed in the search
area roughly 1,553 southwest of Perth early Thursday. It was joined by
four Chinese ships — including the icebreaker Xue Long — as well as a
Chinese IL-76 aircraft.
A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft,
two Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion aircraft, a Japanese Gulfstream
jet and P-3 Orion aircraft were also due to be dispatched for the
grueling hunt.
A total of 16 assets — 11 aircraft and five ships — are involved in Thursday’s search operation, officials said.
AMSA said the operation had staggered departure times between 8 a.m. and 5
manager of Phoenix International Holdings, the U.S.
Navy’s contractor for deep ocean search and recovery equipment.
Gibson said after 30
days, the pings begin to fade away like a dying “flashlight—after time
it slowly dims and then stops working.”
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