'Search teams flock to spot of suspected crash site after China releases satellite image of debris in the South China Sea... where rescuers first started looking
Chinese government satellite imagery has been released which shows the 'suspected crash site' of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
The blurry images appear to show three large pieces of debris - the largest of which is 78-feet by 72-feet
Discovered near to the aircraft's original flight plan
The satellite captured the images on March 9 at 11am - the day after the crash - but they were only released on Wednesday
The images were published on Wednesday evening local time in Beijing around 11 hours ago
Oil rig worker claims to have witnessed a burning plane flying near to the co-ordinates of the satellite images
The distance between the last known location of MH370 and new Chinese satellite image is 141 miles northeastwards
The Chinese confirmed they have deployed aircraft and vessels to verify the debris
Malaysian search aircraft have also been sent
The US Navy will be deploying two navy vessels to the area'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2579524/Chinese-satellite-finds-suspected-crash-site-Malaysian-Airlines-flight-370-South-China-Sea-did-three-days-release-them.html#ixzz2vnldKVI9
Update: To be fair, since my posting, Acting Transport Minister had refuted this claim, and quoted China's Ambassador to Malaysia who said the release of the satellite image was unofficial and a mistake.
Unrelated to the above controversy, but relevant to our continued interest in the still missing plane, I find the following graphics from AFP, informative and helpful in our understanding of the equipment involved in tracking jetliners:
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Chinese government satellite imagery has been released which shows the 'suspected crash site' of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
The blurry images appear to show three large pieces of debris - the largest of which is 78-feet by 72-feet
Discovered near to the aircraft's original flight plan
The satellite captured the images on March 9 at 11am - the day after the crash - but they were only released on Wednesday
The images were published on Wednesday evening local time in Beijing around 11 hours ago
Oil rig worker claims to have witnessed a burning plane flying near to the co-ordinates of the satellite images
The distance between the last known location of MH370 and new Chinese satellite image is 141 miles northeastwards
The Chinese confirmed they have deployed aircraft and vessels to verify the debris
Malaysian search aircraft have also been sent
The US Navy will be deploying two navy vessels to the area'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2579524/Chinese-satellite-finds-suspected-crash-site-Malaysian-Airlines-flight-370-South-China-Sea-did-three-days-release-them.html#ixzz2vnldKVI9
Update: To be fair, since my posting, Acting Transport Minister had refuted this claim, and quoted China's Ambassador to Malaysia who said the release of the satellite image was unofficial and a mistake.
Unrelated to the above controversy, but relevant to our continued interest in the still missing plane, I find the following graphics from AFP, informative and helpful in our understanding of the equipment involved in tracking jetliners:
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