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Hunt for missing Malaysia plane to resume
Crews will resume the underwater hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at the end of the month, and will begin the search in an area farther south than initially planned, a senior search official said Friday
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rews will resume the underwater hunt for missingMalaysia Airlines flight MH370 at the end of the month, and will begin thesearch in an area farther south than initially planned, a senior searchofficial said Friday.
The search had been due to start next week, but the first of three ships that will scour a remote patch of the Indian Ocean for the plane that vanished in March needed to undergo some additional work in Indonesia, Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan said. The ship, Malaysia's GO Phoenix, is now expected to begin searching on Sept. 30.
Officials have been refining their analysis of satellite data from the Boeing 777 to get the best idea of where they believe it crashed into the ocean far off Australia's west coast. The most recent analysis suggests the aircraft turned south earlier than previously thought, meaning it may have entered the water in an area south of what was initially considered the highest priority search zone, Dolan said.
