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| Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Race against time in search for black boxes | Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Race against time in search for black boxes |
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| The race against time to find the black boxes that hold vital clues to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues five weeks after it went missing. | The race against time to find the black boxes that hold vital clues to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues five weeks after it went missing. |
| Signals from their locator beacons are fading and the aircraft data and voice recordings from the cockpit they contain could be lost forever if their batteries die before they can be recovered. | |
| Ships and aeroplanes are still hunting for any wreckage from the airliner, which disappeared on 8 March during its journey from from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. | Ships and aeroplanes are still hunting for any wreckage from the airliner, which disappeared on 8 March during its journey from from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. |
| Australia's Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, said he was "very confident" that signals detected by an Australian ship were coming from the black boxes but no more have been heard. | Australia's Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, said he was "very confident" that signals detected by an Australian ship were coming from the black boxes but no more have been heard. |
| Speaking in Shanghai on Friday, Mr Abbott said crews had significantly narrowed down the search area in the Indian Ocean. | Speaking in Shanghai on Friday, Mr Abbott said crews had significantly narrowed down the search area in the Indian Ocean. |
| He added: “We're getting to the stage where the signal from what we are very confident is the black box is starting to fade. We are hoping to get as much information as we can before the signal finally expires.” | He added: “We're getting to the stage where the signal from what we are very confident is the black box is starting to fade. We are hoping to get as much information as we can before the signal finally expires.” |
| The batteries powering their locator beacons were expected to last a month and the chances of finding them are looking increasingly slim. | The batteries powering their locator beacons were expected to last a month and the chances of finding them are looking increasingly slim. |
| Read more: What is a black box and how do you find one? Searching for the last remains of MH370 | Read more: What is a black box and how do you find one? Searching for the last remains of MH370 |
| A ship called Ocean Shield towing a US navy detection device first picked up two underwater sounds last Saturday, which were later determined to be consistent with the pings emitted from the flight recorders. | A ship called Ocean Shield towing a US navy detection device first picked up two underwater sounds last Saturday, which were later determined to be consistent with the pings emitted from the flight recorders. |
| The ship's equipment detected two more sounds in the same area on Tuesday. | The ship's equipment detected two more sounds in the same area on Tuesday. |
| An Australian air force P-3 Orion, which has been dropping sonar buoys into the water near where four sounds were heard earlier, picked up another “possible signal” on Thursday, but Angus Houston, who is co-ordinating the search for Flight 370 off Australia's west coast, said an initial assessment of the signal had determined it was not related to an aircraft black box. | An Australian air force P-3 Orion, which has been dropping sonar buoys into the water near where four sounds were heard earlier, picked up another “possible signal” on Thursday, but Angus Houston, who is co-ordinating the search for Flight 370 off Australia's west coast, said an initial assessment of the signal had determined it was not related to an aircraft black box. |
| Thursday's search area in the Indian Ocean, west of Australia, where 14 planes and 13 ships are scouring a 22,000 square-mile stretch of water for the wreckage of flight MH370 | Thursday's search area in the Indian Ocean, west of Australia, where 14 planes and 13 ships are scouring a 22,000 square-mile stretch of water for the wreckage of flight MH370 |
| Read more: Australian PM 'very confident' black box position narrowed down | Read more: Australian PM 'very confident' black box position narrowed down |
| He said the Ocean Shield was continuing to use its towed locator to trace additional signals over a 500-square-mile patch of the ocean floor. | He said the Ocean Shield was continuing to use its towed locator to trace additional signals over a 500-square-mile patch of the ocean floor. |
| “It is vital to glean as much information as possible while the batteries on the underwater locator beacons may still be active,” he said. “The AP-3C Orions continue their acoustic search, working in conjunction with Ocean Shield.” | “It is vital to glean as much information as possible while the batteries on the underwater locator beacons may still be active,” he said. “The AP-3C Orions continue their acoustic search, working in conjunction with Ocean Shield.” |
| Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |
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