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Cyclone halts aerial search for missing jet
AERIAL search for the crashed Malaysian jet was suspended on Tuesday due to a tropical cyclone over the southern Indian Ocean. as a robotic mini-submarine scouring the seabed failed to locate the plane's wreckage after nine missions
planned air search activities have been suspended for today due to poor weather conditions in the search area as a result of Tropical cyclone jack Perth-based Joint Agency
Coordination Centre (JACC) said on the 46th day of the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370it has been determined that the current weather conditions are resulting in heavy seas and poor visibility, and would make any air search activities ineffective and potentially hazardous it said Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) bluefin 21 a us navy probe equipped with side-scan sonar has searched approximately two thirds of the focused underwater search area to date The Bluefin has completed nine missions and no "contacts of interest' have been found, according to the JACC.
"Bluefin-21 is currently undertaking mission ten in the underwater search area it said the 10 ships involved in Tuesday's search continued their hunt for the missing plane that mysteriously disappeared on March 8 with 239 people, including five Indians, on board.
planned air search activities have been suspended for today due to poor weather conditions in the search area as a result of Tropical cyclone jack Perth-based Joint Agency
Coordination Centre (JACC) said on the 46th day of the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370it has been determined that the current weather conditions are resulting in heavy seas and poor visibility, and would make any air search activities ineffective and potentially hazardous it said Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) bluefin 21 a us navy probe equipped with side-scan sonar has searched approximately two thirds of the focused underwater search area to date The Bluefin has completed nine missions and no "contacts of interest' have been found, according to the JACC.
"Bluefin-21 is currently undertaking mission ten in the underwater search area it said the 10 ships involved in Tuesday's search continued their hunt for the missing plane that mysteriously disappeared on March 8 with 239 people, including five Indians, on board.
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