Sunday, March 30, 2014

Malaysian Airline Hide & Seek

                     I'm sure you have all heard about the flight that came out of Malaysia, carrying two Americans, that mysteriously disappeared. There have been many theories as to what actually happened to that flight, with little-to-no evidence to back any of those theories up strongly. Some say it was an accident; due to weather issues. Others say it was a technical malfunction in the plane. A terrorist attack is what few suggested. Unfortunately, we may never know what truly took place on that aircraft as it drifted into the existence of the unknown.  
     I read a fascinating article by Matt Siegel and Rujun Shen called Long search looms for Malaysia jet, families renew protests. Ships and aircrafts are searching a very large area in the Indian Ocean for any remains of what could be flight MH370. The chief of the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center told the Xinhua state news agency nothing that could be traced back to the plane had been found on Sunday and that the Chinese will broaden their search.
                      Several objects have been found by the Australians in the southern region of the Indian ocean after they moved their search 1,100 km after a radar and satellite confirmed seeing objects in the ocean. Nothing was able to confirm that it belonged to flight MH370, though.
                       The US Navy concluded that it would be very hard to find  without a general area on where the plane crashed or landed. Without that detail, they would have to search the whole Indian Ocean, use a radar, and map the bottom of the whole ocean. It would take a massive amount of time, but is actually possible.
                      An Australian defense force ship has been added to the ship, carrying along with it 
"sophisticated U.S. black box locator and an underwater drone." Malaysia said that the plane going from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, was most likely run off course on purpose.