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New Analysis Detects Objects Near Suspected MH370 Plane Crash Site New Analysis Detects Objects Near Suspected MH370 Plane Crash Site
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HONG KONG — Australia said on Wednesday that 12 objects that floated in 2014 near the suspected crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were “probably man-made,” according to a new analysis of satellite images, adding a fresh wrinkle to one of the world’s great aviation mysteries.HONG KONG — Australia said on Wednesday that 12 objects that floated in 2014 near the suspected crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were “probably man-made,” according to a new analysis of satellite images, adding a fresh wrinkle to one of the world’s great aviation mysteries.
A nearly three-year underwater search for the Boeing 777 — in a 46,000-square-mile area of the southern Indian Ocean — was indefinitely suspended in January after it failed to find traces of the aircraft, although some debris was found as far away as Tanzania and Mauritius.A nearly three-year underwater search for the Boeing 777 — in a 46,000-square-mile area of the southern Indian Ocean — was indefinitely suspended in January after it failed to find traces of the aircraft, although some debris was found as far away as Tanzania and Mauritius.
Any decision on future searches would be up to Malaysia, where the aircraft was registered, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement on Wednesday. Any decision on future searches will be up to Malaysia, where the aircraft was registered, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said Wednesday in a statement.
The new information about the objects spotted in 2014 “may be useful’’ in such a search, the bureau’s chief commissioner, Greg Hood, said in the statement.The new information about the objects spotted in 2014 “may be useful’’ in such a search, the bureau’s chief commissioner, Greg Hood, said in the statement.
However, he said, the image resolution was not high enough to allow experts to determine whether the objects were indeed from MH370. However, he said, the image resolution was not high enough to allow experts to determine whether the objects were indeed from Flight 370.
“Clearly, we must be cautious,” Mr. Hood said.“Clearly, we must be cautious,” Mr. Hood said.
The satellite images were captured by the French military two weeks after the aircraft went missing with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Mr. Hood said that the area covered by the images was close to the underwater search area, but had not been searched from the air at the time. The satellite images were captured by the French military two weeks after the aircraft went missing with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Mr. Hood said that the area covered by the images was close to the underwater search area, but that it had not been searched from the air at the time.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a report last year that, based on the results of the underwater search, a 9,700-square-mile area northeast of the initial underwater search area was now the place with the “highest probability of containing the wreckage of the aircraft.”The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a report last year that, based on the results of the underwater search, a 9,700-square-mile area northeast of the initial underwater search area was now the place with the “highest probability of containing the wreckage of the aircraft.”
Daniel O’Malley, a spokesman for the bureau, said in a telephone interview that the re-analysis of the images from 2014 showed that while the possibly man-made objects had not been in that 9,700-square-mile area, drift modeling indicates that they could have been there when MH370 crashed two weeks earlier. Daniel O’Malley, a spokesman for the bureau, said in a telephone interview that the re-analysis of the images from 2014 showed that while the possibly man-made objects had not been in that 9,700-square-mile area, drift modeling indicates that they could have been there when the flight crashed two weeks earlier.
The re-analysis of the images was conducted by Geoscience Australia, a government agency, which received them in March as part of a scientific review that began last year, Mr. O’Malley said.The re-analysis of the images was conducted by Geoscience Australia, a government agency, which received them in March as part of a scientific review that began last year, Mr. O’Malley said.