Update | Ocean floor search for missing Flight MH370 cut short again by technical problems
Time cut short in Indian Ocean search for debris from missing jet as unmanned Bluefin 21 submarine resurfaces early for second time without locating wreckage
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet flight MH370 deep in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday was again cut short when technical problems forced a US Navy unmanned submarine to surface without finding anything, officials said.
While a massive air and sea search for missing flight is continuing almost 2,000 kilometres off the coast of Perth, hopes have been pinned on the Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle finding the first concrete sign of the plane in more than six weeks of hunting.
Malaysian authorities have still not ruled out mechanical problems as causing the Boeing 777’s disappearance, but say evidence suggests it was deliberately diverted from its scheduled route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
An aircraft’s black box records data from the cockpit and conversations among flight crew and may provide answers about what happened to the missing plane.
A unspecified technical problem meant the Bluefin resurfaced early on Wednesday and analysis of the sonar data downloaded showed no significant detections, the Australian agency leading the search said.
