Chinese vessel detects pulse in southern Indian Ocean

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A Chinese vessel searching for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 has detected a pulse signal in the southern Indian Ocean, China's Xinhua news agency has reported.

It is not clear whether it is from the Boeing 777 plane which went missing after it vanished of radar screens during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.

It was later revealed the plane was briefly picked up on military radar on the other side of Malaysia and analysis of subsequent hourly electronic handshakes exchanged with a satellite led investigators to conclude the plane crashed far off the West Australian coast hours later.

The sonar may help find the plane's black box voice and data recorders that are key to unlocking what happened on the flight.

The black box is equipped with a locator beacon that transmits "pings" when underwater, but which only has an expected battery life of about 30 days.

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rosebud Saturday, 05 April 2014 07:00 PM

Please don't give the families of the passengers false hopes. They have suffered more than their share of anguish. via DM Android App

Aslam Saturday, 05 April 2014 10:55 PM

now this makes another complicated scenario via DM Android App

Shane Saturday, 05 April 2014 10:43 PM

My hypothesis: Probably the lost plane of Amelia earhart or different plane/vessels, Alien submarine hiding beneath the ocean.Chinese will come up with this theory tomorrow.

Dee Monday, 07 April 2014 04:49 AM

Probably hearing its own 'ping'

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