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New Pitfall in Hunt for Jet: Sea Is Too Deep

Robot sub forced to return to surface early on first day of undersea search

(Newser) - Yet another setback in the search for Flight 370: The first undersea mission to search for the Malaysia Airlines jet, scheduled to last 16 hours, was cut short after the Bluefin-21 underwater drone exceeded its 2.8-mile operating limit, authorities say. The drone collected around six hours of footage yesterday,...

Hobbit Director's Plane Joins Jet Search

'We may never know cause,' Malaysia warns

(Newser) - More resources are being thrown into the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, though the search chief warns that the plane may never be found . Britain has sent its HMS Tireless submarine to help search the Indian Ocean for the missing Boeing 777 and its black boxes, reports the BBC...

Final Words From Missing Jet Have Changed

Search chief warns wreckage may never be found

(Newser) - Weeks after the last words from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 fueled speculation on the missing jet's fate, Malaysian authorities have suddenly changed their version of the last words. Instead of "All right, good night," authorities now say the final transmission was actually "Good...

Jet Search Area Moved 700 Miles, Objects Spotted

MH370 may have run out of fuel sooner than thought

(Newser) - A new breakthrough in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 : Planes are now concentrating on a new, smaller area of the Indian Ocean based on what authorities say is a "credible lead" that the plane traveled a shorter distance than earlier believed, CNN reports. The search area has...

Fresh Lead in Jet Search? 122 'Potential Objects'

They were spotted via satellite Sunday, but could just be sea junk

(Newser) - The search for debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is facing a major obstacle in addition to bad weather: a sea full of garbage. The objects spotted in satellite images could be jet debris, but they could just as easily be some of the large quantities of the trash (think...

How a British Company Determined MH370's Route

Inmarsat came up with never-before-used technique

(Newser) - Satellite data led British company Inmarsat to conclude that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down in the south Indian Ocean, but how did Inmarsat track the missing flight's route? About two weeks ago, it picked up on "pings" from the aircraft—despite the fact that the Boeing 777'...

Flight Crash Was 'Suicide Mission': Source

Meanwhile, Australia puts search for plane on hold

(Newser) - The Malaysia Airlines flight that went down in the Indian Ocean looks a lot like a suicide mission, an official source tells the Telegraph . A team probing the crash believes no fire or malfunction could have sent the plane on its errant course or crippled its communications system for 7...

Malaysia: Flight 'Ended in Indian Ocean,' All Lives Lost

Plane lost 'beyond any reasonable doubt'

(Newser) - Flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean leaving no survivors, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak said today. Citing satellite data and a "type of analysis never used before," he said that investigators had pegged the plane's last known position as a "remote location" west of...

Australia: We've Spotted Floating Debris

Remains of Malaysian Airlines jet may have been found

(Newser) - This time, it's not a satellite image: An Australian civilian search aircraft has spotted debris that could be from the missing Malaysian Airlines jet, reports Australia's News Network . "Yesterday one of our civilian search aircraft got visuals on a number of objects in a fairly small area...

We Can Find Malaysia Plane With ... Math?

Bayesian statistics have helped experts find planes, boats before

(Newser) - Forget satellite images and aerial searches—the best way to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may be with mathematical techniques dating back to the 18th century, the BBC reports. That's how Air France flight 447 was found in 2009 , using "Bayesian statistics" to measure the probability of the...

'Most Inaccessible Spot' Searched Again for Plane

But the day closes with no new news

(Newser) - The search for what investigators say is the "best lead" so far in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed in earnest at daybreak today as boats and planes searched a patch of the southern Indian Ocean for possible plane debris . So far, there has been no trace...

That Theory About a Fire Aboard Flight 370 Is Wrong

Jeff Wise pokes holes in it at Slate

(Newser) - A veteran pilot's theory about what happened to Flight 370 dazzled the Internet yesterday, but aviation writer Jeff Wise is poking holes in it today at Slate . If you missed it, pilot Chris Goodfellow speculated at Google Plus that a fire aboard the missing Malaysian jet caused its disappearance....

New Radar Evidence the Jet Turned West

Thai military releases its data

(Newser) - Thailand is offering what CNN calls "the second radar evidence" that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight took an altered path toward the Strait of Malacca. All looked normal on Thailand's military radar until 1:22am, when Flight 370 vanished. Within six minutes, an unknown aircraft was spotted moving...

Missing Jet's Route Was Changed via Computer

As China launches land search

(Newser) - The first turn that took Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 off course was made through a computer system, not by manual operation of the plane's controls, reports the New York Times , citing "senior American officials" involved in the investigation. Officials say the "seven or eight keystroke" change was...

Last Words From Cockpit Get Second Look
Last Words From Cockpit
Get Second Look
UPDATED
Mar 17, 2014 8:15 AM CDT

Last Words From Cockpit Get Second Look

'Good night' believed to be said by co-pilot

(Newser) - The last words from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370—"All right, good night"—are getting a second look. Investigators yesterday revealed they were spoken after one of the plane's communications systems had already been deliberately switched off, but Malaysian officials backpedaled on that timeline today....

Satellite Company Wants You to Help Find Malaysia Jet

DigitalGlobe hopes crowdsourcing can locate plane

(Newser) - Malaysian authorities seem to have generated nothing but confusion and ill will in the hunt for Flight MH370. Now a Colorado company offers a way for people to do more than vent frustration—they can help scan satellite images, reports the Denver Post . DigitalGlobe wants people to go to its...

Jet's Last Message: 'All Right, Good Night'

All seemed well; search continues amid confusion

(Newser) - Minutes before it lost communication with flight controllers, all seemed fine aboard Flight MH370. "All right, good night," said one of the pilots in what the Telegraph reports was the plane's final transmission. Translations appear to differ slightly, with the BBC reporting it as, "All right,...

Mystery Malaysia Passenger IDed

 Mystery Malaysia 
 Passengers IDed 
UPDATED
Mar 11, 2014 7:56 AM CDT

Mystery Malaysia Passengers IDed

Still no trace of missing Boeing 777

(Newser) - Another day of searching has yielded no trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 , but investigators have solved one of the mysteries surrounding the missing plane. The two passengers who boarded using stolen passports have been identified as Iranian men Pouria Nour Mohammadi, 18, and Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza, 29, CNN...

Tickets of Malaysia Plane's Suspect Tied to Iranian Man

'Mr Ali' bought them for men with stolen passports, but no indication of larger plot

(Newser) - It's well past midnight in Malaysia, where the search for Flight MH370 is on hold until daylight, but developments are continuing to trickle out—though the updates are far from clarifying ones. The Financial Times follows up a report on the two men —one using an Italian passport,...

In Hunt for Malaysia Jet, Many Questions, Few Clues

Stolen passport holders spotted on CCTV

(Newser) - The fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight and the 239 onboard continues to stump officials. Authorities are considering every possible explanation for the disappearance, says Malaysia's civil aviation boss, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. Among those explanations are engine failure, pilot error, or possibly suicide. But so far, searches have...

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