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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Bluefin submarine set to work


Latest development:

  • Report: Telco tower connected with co-pilot's phone
     
  • First mission AUV data being analysed
     
  • Seabed search cut short by depth
     
  • 11 aircraft, 11 ships scour 62,063 square kilometres

Follow us as we bring the latest updates and coverage for the search of Flight MH370:

Families receive insurance payout

12pm: Some insurance agencies have began handing out compensation to family members of passengers on board the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370, reports New Straits Times.

Choi Loong Chow, husband of Flight MH370 air stewardess Goh Sock Lay says he was contacted by two insurance companies offering compensation without any questions.

"One was from the insurance company appointed by MAS while the other was from my wife's personal insurance.

"I accept the money with a heavy heart as I believe my wife is still alive. Without the plane wreckage or bodies, I will never accept she is gone," he says.

On another matter, some family members of the victims complained they have not received an official letter confirming the lost of their loved ones from MAS.

The letter is needed to sort out outstanding bank loans by the victims, Zamani Zakaria, 56, father of passenger Mohd Razahan Zamani, 33, is quoted saying by the daily.

"I now need to contact MAS for the official letter and discuss the next course of action," he says.

Najib warns against Pakatan's 'we can do better' claims

11.36am: Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak (right) hits out at the opposition for suggesting they can solve the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 riddle if given control of the air force and navy.

Najib touches on the matter briefly during his monthly address to the Finance Ministry's employees where he says the bold claim "did not make sense" and describes it as an act of fooling the rakyat, reports Berita Harian.

DAP's Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng had made the declaration butretracted the remarks shortly after and apologised.

CNN: Fariq's phone connected with telco tower

9.20am: CNN reports Flight MH370 co-pilot Fariq Ab Hamid's mobile phone did connect to a communication tower in Penang, but there were no indications he had made any call.

An unnamed US official cites information allegedly shared by Malaysian investigators, revealing that the communication tower detected Fariq's mobile phone which was searching for service some 30 minutes after the plane diverted from its course on March 8.

"It would be very rare in my opinion to have someone with a cell phone on in the cockpit... It's never supposed to be on at all. It's part of every check list of every airline I am familiar with," David Soucie, a safety analyst is quoted saying.

Last Saturday, New Straits Timesreported about Fariq's (left) cell phone connection to the communication tower but labelled this a "desperate call for help".

Subsequently, Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery denied Fariq had made any phone call on board Flight MH370.

Bluefin returned to surface after exceeding depth

8.35am: Day 39 for the search of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 resumes with nine military aircraft, two civil aircraft and 11 ships scouring the Indian Ocean, says the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC).

The search area to spans 62,063 square kilometres at an area approximately 2,170 kilometres west of Perth.

The JACC says it also plans to redeploy the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Bluefin-21 today if the weather is favourable.

The weather in the search area today will see south easterly winds with scattered showered an isolated thunderstorms. Sea swells is expected to be up to two metres and visibility at five kilometres.

Bluefin-21 was finally deployed for the first time last night, however, its mission was cut short when it exceeded its depth limit.

"After completing around six hours of its mission (yesterday), Bluefin-21 exceeded its operating depth limit of 4,500 metres and its built in safety feature returned it to the surface.

"The six hours of data gathered by the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle is currently being extracted and analysed," says the JACC.

Searcher initially held out on sending in the AUV until certain Flight MH370's black boxes battery had expired.

However, after six days with no further transmissions acquired by the US Navy’s ultra-sensitive towed pinger locator, the decision was made to send in the Bluefin.

Background:

  • The Beijing-bound Boeing 777-200ER aircraft went missing not long after taking off from KL International Airport in the early hours of March 8, with 12 crew members and 227 passengers.
     
  • Authorities have determined the plane intentionally turned back and altered its course shortly after cutting communications with tower controllers for unknown reasons.
     
  • "Groundbreaking" data analysis on the six last 'pings' between MH370 and British company Inmarsat's communications satellite has yielded clues to the aircraft's position and heading, leading investigators to narrow down the search area to the south Indian Ocean.
     
  • Australia leads the search in the south Indian Ocean. As of March 30, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) is tasked with overseeing the operations, led by retired air marshal and former defence chief Angus Houston.

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