MH370 search operations focused on 3 areas today
Perth — Search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be focused on three areas 1,700km north west of Perth today (April 4), said the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC).
In this , Tuesday, April 1, 2014 photo made available April 3, 2014, a crewman on a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion Rescue Flight 795 searches for debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in southern Indian Ocean, 1,500 kilometres northwest of Perth, Australia. Photo: AP
Perth — Search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be focused on three areas 1,700km north west of Perth today (April 4), said the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC).
Up to 10 military planes, four civil aircraft and nine ships will be dedicated to today’s search efforts in an area spanning 217,000 square km.
Some 26 State Emergency Service volunteers from Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria will work as air observers on three of the civil jets. Another civil aircraft will operate as a communications relay to deconflict the air space in the search area.
Weather conditions are expected to be fair with a visibility range of about 10km and a cloud base between 1,000 and 2,000 feet.
The Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield fitted with a towed pinger locater and an autonomous vehicle to try and locate the plane’s black box is also expected to arrive in the search area today.
The JACC also added that the Australian Transport Safety Bureau is still refining the search area based on “ground-breaking and multi-disciplinary technical analysis of satellite communication and aircraft performance”.
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