PERTH: Thunderstorms and gale-force winds threatened to impede a frantic international search Thursday for wreckage from Flight MH370 after satellite images of more than 100 floating objects sparked fresh hopes of a breakthrough.
Malaysia said the imagery taken in recent days by a French satellite showed "122 potential objects" in the remote southern Indian Ocean, although nothing has yet been pulled from the treacherous seas despite a multinational recovery operation.
Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has cautioned that it was impossible to determine whether the objects were related to the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which crashed on March 8 with 239 people aboard after mysteriously disappearing.
But the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which is coordinating the search some 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth, said they were in an area authorities have pinpointed as a potential crash zone.
"Positions in the satellite information released by Malaysia Remote Sensing Agency were within Wednesday's search area," it said as a fleet of planes were set to leave for the area before the weather worsens.
Six military planes from Australia, China, Japan and the United States will fly sorties throughout the day, along with five civil aircraft, scouring two areas covering a cumulative 78,000 square kilometres in an increasingly frantic hunt for clues to exactly what happened.
MH370 deviated inexplicably off its intended course between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing, flying thousands of kilometres in the wrong direction before plunging into the sea. Malaysia believes the plane was deliberately diverted by someone on board.
Five ships are also in the search zone, including Australia's HMAS Success and Chinese vessels Xue Long, Kunlunshan, Haikou and Qiandaohu.
But they are operating in a wild expanse of ocean described by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as "about as close to nowhere as it's possible to be" where gale-force winds and towering waves are routinely whipped up.
AMSA and Australia's Bureau of Meteorology warned the weather was expected to deteriorate later Thursday.
"Potentially thunderstorms down there as well as winds picking up, and they could get to gale force conditions," said bureau spokesman Neil Bennett. - AFP
Post time 27-3-2014 12:01 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
tapibukanaku posted on 27-3-2014 11:20 AM
da media tak habis provoke depa macam2, apa je lah pilihan depa yg ada. kalau tak jawab berumah ta ...
Up to us.. mcm our family. Weols mmg blok Media... tiada cerita drama... klu perlu beri general statement saje.... media cuma nk jual. Cerita.. akhirnya kita jd mangsa....
cmf_conan posted on 27-3-2014 11:22 AM
mungkin masa tu dorg mmg tngah tenang2 or cuba tenang2kan pikiran.
tapi bila dah kene soal begitu ...
Mmg pun aritu ada reporter interview pakcik ni..
Boleh tanya apa perasaan pakcik???
Dlm hati aku..bendul betol...tentu2 sedih.marah..
Pg tanya lg apa perasaan..pastu tanya kenangan apa yg paling dingati dgn ank tu.
Reporter ni sama je..
Mcm yg akhbr luar..mcm nik huzlan ckp kdg2 famili penumpang xmcmtu.
Tp akhbar suka sgt nk sensasikn pkara ni..
Adalah tambahan lauk yg disajikn.
lorelai posted on 27-3-2014 12:00 PM
jawapan " tidak menyangka" tu amat lemah..
camne rakyat nak back up kalau mcm ni
PErkataan sambil lewa adalah tepat untuk digunakan... tak ada pro active langsung....bonus staf dca dan tudm yg terlibat perlu di tiadakan untuk 3 tahun... kalau buat mcm tu, baru rasa sikit impact kerja sambil lewa mcm ni... kalau pindah department, bawak lagi attitude sambil lewa tu.
poyohabis posted on 27-3-2014 12:00 PM
Tuk ms skrg ni politik semua dah x penting.. Kita rakyat malaysia kn tunjuk kat dunia walaupun neg ...
yup. itu la yg sepatutnya. bagi aku, kita rakyat biasa ni kalau tak mampu menolong sar atau apa, cukuplah berkata yg baik2, sebab kita juga cerminan apa itu malaysia dan rakyat malaysia.
kalau kita condem negara kita sama, makin galakla org luar mempersendakan.
kalau bukan kita, sapa lagi nak tolong malaysia
aku bengkek betul dgn cnn,abc,defghijkl sume, mat2 saleh ni reporter masuk bakul angkat sendiri, bajet memang pro pasal penerbangan report berat sebelah, panas je kalau baca berita dorang Last edited by doubleA on 27-3-2014 12:06 PM
jejaka_hensem posted on 27-3-2014 10:59 AM
kannn..
dorg pikir,dgn nangis beriya2 tu,Allah hidup kn balik ke org yg meninggal tu?
lagi faeda ...
orang tak merasa memang senang cakap bang. Tapi kalau terkena kat batang hidung sendiri baru tau. Apa lagi kehilangan waris2 dlm misteri mh370 adalah kehilangan yg semerta, dgn prasangka tak akan bertemu lagi. Begitulah lemahnya cara manusia berfikir dn berlogika, melainkan ada keajaiban drp Allah s.w.t.
Walaupun dlm Islam, waris dibenarkan bersedih/berdukacita selama 3 hari shj, tetapi kehilangan yg ini adalah dianggap kematian yg belum pasti. Kelip2 ku sangka api, kalau api mana asapnya, hilang ghaib dianggap mati, kalau mati apa buktinya. Rintih2 kesedihan, jgn salahkan kepada ahli waris kerana gambaran trs diperlihatkan oleh media. Bukan salah mereka. Tapi bagi kita yg mendengar dan meihatnya, akan turut sedih bersama, melainkan mereka yg berhati waja. Betapa dlmnya lautan hindi, sedihnya para waris lebih dalam lagi.
mcm ni ka kita menjaga keselamatan dan kedaulatan negara
satu2 dibogelkan.... sebelum nih kita rakyat malaysia diminta untuk angguk2.. sujud2 pada gomen walau apapun alasan mereka atas nama patriotik... makin lama tak tertahan dan bongkar satu2 betapa lemah nya negara...
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