- New York Daily News - 8 hours agoChinese satellites have reportedly captured images of what may be ... relatives frustrated at the lack of answers threw insults and water bottles. .... Until wreckage or debris is found and examined, it will be very hard to say what happened. ... has taken a turn back basing on the radar we have used to pick up ...Worldend quote from:
Satellite images show possible Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 wreckage as final words of flight revealed
A Chinese satellite reported finding 'a suspected crash area at sea' near where the lost flight's transponder turned off, according to reports. In addition to the one large object photographed Sunday, 'three suspected floating objects' were also said to be found.
Comments (25)By Nina Golgowski AND Stephen Rex Brown / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 6:48 AM
Updated: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 7:10 PM
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Satellite images taken from China show what may be the location of missing Malaysia Air Flight 370.
Chinese satellites have reportedly captured images of what may be wreckage taken near where the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 dropped off the radar.
The satellite "observed a suspected crash area at sea," capturing what appears to be a triangular shape near where the flight's transponder turned off, CNN reported, citing a Chinese agency.
In addition to the one large object pictured, "three suspected floating objects" were also found, according to China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
They're all said to be at least 40 feet long. The largest object is 24 by 22 meters.Google
The images taken between Vietnam and Malaysia were reportedly captured on Sunday, one day after the flight carrying 239 people to Beijing vanished.
The images taken between Vietnam and Malaysia, seen here, were reportedly captured on Sunday, one day after the flight carrying 239 people to Beijing vanished in apparent midair.
"I am not saying it's flight MH370. We are still corroborating this. It was an unidentifiable plot," Malaysian Air Force Chief Rodzali Daud said in a press conference, according to Xinhua.
Wednesday's announcement isn't the first time authorities have reported finding possible wreckage from the missing flight, but it reportedly is being called the first solid lead consistent with flight 370's path, a former National Transportation Safety Board officer told CNN's the Lead.Nine Network
Video has surfaced from a meeting at a Beijing hotel between family members of those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and airline officials. During that tense meeting, relatives frustrated at the lack of answers threw insults and water bottles.
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The jarring discovery comes after the final words aboard the flight were reported as a casual farewell.
“All right, good night,” was the last transmission received from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Kuala Lumpur’s ambassador reportedly told family members Wednesday during a meeting at a Beijing hotel.Facebook
Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the reported captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
It came as the plane went from Malaysia airspace into Vietnamese territory.
Shortly afterwards, the plane vanished from radar — and nearly five days later authorities are still searching for any evidence of the Boeing 777.SHEN LING/XINHUA/LANDOV
Aircraft from the Chinese Air Force on Wednesday flies the sea where missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 lost contact. The multinational search operation to locate the disappeared plane has been expanded to two areas with more countries joining in the mission.
The mystery surrounding the fate of Flight 370 has been compounded by confusing and occasionally conflicting statements by Malaysian officials, adding to the anguish of relatives of the 239 people on board the flight — two thirds of them Chinese.
“There’s too much information and confusion right now. It is very hard for us to decide whether a given piece of information is accurate,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters in Beijing. “We will not give it up as long as there’s still a shred of hope.”
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A multinational effort to find the missing Boeing 777 includes more than 1,000 people and at least 34 planes and 40 ships. Search areas include a radius of 100 miles from the point where the plane vanished, as well as northern parts of the Malacca Strait.
Malaysian authorities again defended Wednesday their handling of the hunt — though they admit they don’t know which direction the plane was headed when it vanished.
Family members became so frustrated that on Monday they hurled insults and water bottles at airline officials. Video of the incident surfaced a day later.
“All Malaysians are liars,” one relative yelled in Chinese during that tense briefing, according to a translation by The New York Times.Junaidi Hanafiah/REUTERS
Rescue members use binoculars to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Another middle-aged woman screamed at officials.
“Why don’t you give us some answers?” she cried.
“Do you know how much pain we’re in? Those are our children!”GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images
Relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 leave the lounge after getting no new information in Beijing.
The mother of passenger Zou Jingsheng, who would only give her name as Zou, wept and spoke haltingly about her missing son while staying at a hotel near the Beijing airport. She expressed frustration with the airline and the Malaysian government over their handling of the case.
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“I want to talk more, but all this is very stressful, and after all it is my son’s life that I am concerned about. I just want to know where he is, and wish he is safe and alive,” she said.SAMSUL SAID/REUTERS
A tourist from Vietnam ties a message expressing hope for family members and those onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early Saturday morning and last made contact with ground control officials about 35,000 feet above the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and southern Vietnam before vanishing.
Some 43 ships and 39 aircraft from at least eight nations were scouring an area of 35,800 square miles.
“It’s not something that is easy. We are looking at so many vessels and aircraft, so many countries to coordinate, and a vast area for us to search,” he said. “But we will never give up. This we owe to the families” of those on board.Joshua Paul/AP
A relative cries as she arrives at a hotel designated as a holding area for family members of passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner in Sepang, Malaysia.
Citing military radar, Malaysian authorities have said the plane may have turned back from its last known position, possibly making it as far as the Strait of Malacca, a busy shipping lane west of the narrow nation some 250 miles from the plane’s last known coordinates.
How it might have done this without being clearly detected has raised questions over whether its electrical systems, including transponders allowing it to be identified by radar, were either knocked out or turned off.
If it did manage to fly on, it would challenge earlier theories that the plane may have suffered a catastrophic incident, initially thought reasonable because it didn’t send out any distress signals.Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Chinese relatives of the passengers onboard flight MH370 walk out of a meeting room at Lido Hotel in Beijing.
American experts and the manufacturer of the radar systems were examining the data to determine if it did indeed detect the missing plane, military and government officials said.
Until the reading was confirmed, the search will continue on both sides of the peninsula.ATAR/AFP/Getty Images
Indonesian Air Force officials at a military base in Medan, Indonesia, plot the Indonesian military search operation for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight in the area of Malacca Strait, a sea passageway between Indonesia (seen left of the map) and Malaysia (seen right on the map).
Authorities have not ruled out any possible cause, including mechanical failure, pilot error, sabotage or terrorism. Both the Boeing 777 and Malaysia Airlines have excellent safety records. Until wreckage or debris is found and examined, it will be very hard to say what happened.
“There is a possibility that the aircraft, the flight, has taken a turn back basing on the radar we have used to pick up the signal,” Malaysia’s armed forces chief, Gen. Zulkifeli Mohammad Zin, told The Associated Press. “We cannot confirm it, but, basing on that, even though there is a possibility there, we have got to conduct a search (in the strait). We cannot leave it to chance.”
Finding wreckage from a missing plane can sometimes take days or longer, depending on the nature of the crash, the current and how much is known about the aircraft’s final movements.
India’s ministry of external affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said Wednesday that Malaysian authorities had contacted their Indian counterparts seeking help in searching areas near the Andaman Sea.
Malaysia’s air force chief, Gen. Rodzali Daud, released a statement denying remarks attributed to him in a local media report saying that military radar had managed to track the aircraft turning back from its original course, crossing the country and making it to the Malacca strait. The Associated Press contacted a high-level military official, who confirmed the remarks.
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It’s possible that the radar readings are not definitive or subject to interpretation, especially if a plane is malfunctioning.
Even so, the confusion has prompted speculation that different arms of the government have different opinions over where the plane is most likely to be, or even that authorities are holding back information.
Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said his government had been transparent from the start. “There is only confusion if you want to see confusion,” he said.
Choi Tat Sang, a 74-year-old Malaysian man, said the family is still holding out hope that the plane and all on board are safe. His daughter in law, Goh Sock Lay, 45, is the chief stewardess on the flight. Her 14-year-old daughter, an only child, has been crying every day since the plane’s disappearance.
“We are heartbroken. We are continuing to pray for her safety and for everyone on the flight,” he said.
Indonesia air force Col. Umar Fathur said the country had received official information from Malaysian authorities that the plane was above the South China Sea, about 12 miles from Kota Bharu, Malaysia, when it turned back toward the strait and then disappeared. That would place its last confirmed position closer to Malaysia than has previously been publicly disclosed.
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However, one English Flying Specialist said that the 3 pieces in the water are the wrong size of things that would actually float on the plane. The most likely things to float are the tail and the two wings, (the surfaces), whereas the fuselage (if separated from the tail and wings would tend to eventually sink even if they made a (Hudson River type of landing at sea) like was done a few years ago when a flock of birds shut down all the engines on a passenger jet.
So, in the end this might be something other than parts of the plane. However, when I look at the way the three pieces are together it also might mean the survivors tied these three pieces together so rescuers might find them more easily.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Chinese Satellite sees debris south West of where Plane was in vicinity of Viet Nam Sunday
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