MALAYSIAN Airlines flight en route to China is missing.

[sochi2014]

yet another lumber one angmo jesus country

Super touched by these angels...

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...e-search-for-malaysia-plane-despite-nightfall

 

[YouMakeMyDreams]

Relatives on edge of hope as they wait for news of flight MH370

Relatives spend another day waiting to learn of their loved ones' fate , fearing that every piece of news could be the one they don't want to hear

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 20 March, 2014, 10:49pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 20 March, 2014, 11:56pm

Zhuang Pinghui

Relatives console each other as they wait for more news. Photo: AFP

Families of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines jet endured another anxious day at a Beijing hotel yesterday, worrying over fresh reports that objects were seen in the Indian Ocean.

Some feared it was the news they didn't want to hear.

"My tears dried up during the tiring wait. We still held on to hope because there had not been confirmed bad news," said a man from Beijing whose aunt was aboard the missing flight.

He said he had experienced an emotional roller coaster in recent days with each report of satellite pings and possible shifts in the flight path. But still, his aunt's fate was a mystery. And that meant there was a chance.

"We heard it was hijacking and we were pinning hopes on [a belief] that the plane did not crash and everybody was all right," he said. "There was no bad news and we felt that they would soon probably turn up. But now this has changed everything."

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced earlier in the day that satellite imagery had detected one object of 24 metres in length and another about 5 metres long.

Four military search planes were sent to the area 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth.

"Why did some media use the words 'possible wreck'? It is not confirmed," the man said. "We just hope that later today it will be confirmed that the objects were not related to the flight."

Some family members lingered long after the announcement at the Metropark Lido Hotel, eyes fixed on a television as they waited for updates.

The media was banned from the room, but some relatives invited in reporters.

"I am too nervous and don't dare to move," said a woman whose husband was on the missing flight.

"We were waiting for news that they would return safe and sound and suddenly, out came the news of possible wreck. I pray this is not related to the plane."

Another man kept switching between channels and ran to tell other relatives when the television news presenters mentioned there was more news.

One station said it could take days to identify if the objects caught by satellite were from flight MH370, and at least two days for the Chinese research ship Snow Dragon to get to the area where the debris was seen.

"It's torturous that everything is so slow and takes so long," the man said.

A young man from Shandong, whose uncle was on the missing flight, said: "All the information is noise and I don't believe any of it until the truth is out.

"If they say they are alive, I need to see them. And if they are dead, I need to see the bodies to believe."

 

[JahLion]

hope this comes to pass.

 

[Sinkie]

Exactly who pays for the rescue and the retrieval of the wreckage?

If it is MAS, then it sure bankrupt...........25 countries involved, so many ships, so many aircrafts and so many satellites used.

KNN, no hope liao.

 

[Leongsam]

Exactly who pays for the rescue and the retrieval of the wreckage?

If it is MAS, then it sure bankrupt...........25 countries involved, so many ships, so many aircrafts and so many satellites used.

KNN, no hope liao.

A bunch of dead low life Tiongs aren't worth retrieving.

 

[Sinkie]

A bunch of dead low life Tiongs aren't worth retrieving.

12 days and longer liao.......they will be rotten corpses. Nothing to retrieve. It is the cost of searching, finding the wreckage and investigating the cause of the mishap.

 

[Leongsam]

12 days and longer liao.......they will be rotten corpses. Nothing to retrieve. It is the cost of searching, finding the wreckage and investigating the cause of the mishap.

The cause isn't important either. Accidents happen. Let's move on.

 

[steffychun]

America wasted money on its stealth bombers.



Should have hired the Pilot and Co-Pilot plus buy the 777-ER.

 

[GoldenPeriod]

The cause isn't important either. Accidents happen. Let's move on.

It's probably not an "accident".

 

[steffychun]

Exactly who pays for the rescue and the retrieval of the wreckage?

If it is MAS, then it sure bankrupt...........25 countries involved, so many ships, so many aircrafts and so many satellites used.

KNN, no hope liao.

Who pays for each countries military planes ships and personnel used? For Sinkieland, PAP will charge the people. LHL said they were sent because the PRCs studied here under taxpayers money.

 

[tanwahtiu]

angmoh made toys sell very expensive and FORD, Fix Or Repair Daily. When one plane missing must find it replacement is costly.

Let's wait for Chink to come up with cheap planes, plane missing so what, at least it is cheap to buy and replacement is also cheap, move on.

Also cannot complain plane missing, cheap thing cannot last, use and throw.

Who pays for each countries military planes ships and personnel used? For Sinkieland, PAP will charge the people. LHL said they were sent because the PRCs studied here under taxpayers money.

 

[virus]

Well hope ypu enjoy the delicious seafood

A bunch of dead low life Tiongs aren't worth retrieving.

 

[halsey02]

Well hope ypu enjoy the delicious seafood

The sea creatures eat the cadavers ( natural), the fishermen catches the sea creatures, you eat the sea creatures at "Jumbo" or where else...NATURAL?

 

[eatshitndie]

The sea creatures eat the cadavers ( natural), the fishermen catches the sea creatures, you eat the sea creatures at "Jumbo" or where else...NATURAL?

time to fish for blue fin tuna in the deep indian ocean as payback. :p

 

[YouMakeMyDreams]

Announcement : steffychute is off shift.

 

[eatshitndie]

the satellite is u.s. and the imagery analysis is performed by the aussie geo-spatial intelligence organization (with assistance from u.s. satint experts).

 

[eatshitndie]

Announcement : steffychute is off shift.

she needs to rest. i'm taking over the next shift.

 

[YouMakeMyDreams]

Need to refuel and bad weather hamper search for 'objects' spotted by satellite in hunt for Malaysia Airlines jet

Satellite photos show 'possible objects' 2,260km off Australia, but aerial search is postponed due to thick cloud as ships converge on the area

PUBLISHED : Friday, 21 March, 2014, 12:09am
UPDATED : Friday, 21 March, 2014, 10:37am

Danny Lee, Angela Meng and Satish Cheney in Kuala Lumpur

A satellite image of one of the "possible objects" spotted in the Indian ocean about 2,350 kilometres off Australia. Photo: Reuters

The search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in one of the world's most remote places entered its second day Friday, as Australian authorities said the hunt for objects spotted by satellite had turned up nothing so far.

The search, some 2,260 kilometres off Australia's west coast, has been hampered by poor weather conditions and the fact that spotter planes only have enough fuel to remain in the area for a couple of hours before they are forced to turn back.

The satellite images, which could show debris from the missing Boeing 777 floating in the Indian Ocean, are the first "credible" leads in the investigation, officials said yesterday.

The "possible objects" - as they were described by the Australian government - were spotted 2,260 kilometres off the coast of Perth, thousands of nautical miles south of where the plane was last seen.

Australian authorities said in a statement early Friday that the first of five aircraft - a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion - had left a base in Western Australia at around dawn.

A civilian Gulfstream jet and a second Orion were expected to depart later Friday morning and a third Orion was due to fly out in the early afternoon to scour more than 35,000 square kilometres of ocean. A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft was scheduled to leave the base at about 4pm.

"It is a very long journey to the site and unfortunately aircraft can only have one or two hours over the search area before they need to return to the mainland for fuel,” said Warren Truss, who is currently Australia’s acting prime minister while Tony Abbott is overseas.

"Clearly this is a very, very difficult and challenging search. Weather conditions are not particularly good and risk that they may deteriorate,” he added.

A handout picture of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion aircraft departing to support AMSA search for Flight MH370 in the Southern Indian Ocean. Photo: Australian defence image library

Truss said officials were working to get more satellite images and stronger resolution to help search teams get a better sense of where the objects may be and how far they may have shifted since the initial images were captured.

“They will have moved because of tides and wind and the like, so the search area is quite broad,” he said.

The Norwegian cargo vessel Hoegh St. Petersburg, with a Filipino crew of 20, arrived in the area yesterday and used searchlights after dark to continue the hunt for debris. It will continue the search today, said Ingar Skiaker of Hoegh Autoliners, speaking to reporters in Oslo.

The Norwegian ship, which transports cars, was on its way from South Africa to Australia, he said. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said another commercial ship and an Australian navy vessel were also en route to the search area.

Late last night, Canberra called off the air search due to thick cloud saying no debris had been found.

The leads come almost two weeks after flight MH370 vanished from radar screens over the South China Sea on March 8.

Since then, relatives of the 239 people on board the Boeing 777 - 154 of them Chinese - have remained in the dark over the fate of their loved ones.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) general manager John Young speaks during a press conference on the search for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Canberra, Australia, 20 March 2014. Photo: EPA

But even if the "objects" in the satellite photos are found - and if they turn out to be debris from the aircraft - it could be months, or even years, before the mystery of MH370 was solved, said Malaysian acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

At yesterday's daily press conference in Kuala Lumpur, he said: "The next step will be to find the black box. Sonar technology and other assets will have to be deployed in that effort."

The photographs released of the two "possible objects" are dated March 16, but Malaysian officials have not verified the exact date on which they were taken. This raises questions over how far they may have moved due to ocean currents and wind.

"Deep-sea searches and surveillance are things we are already looking into," Hishammuddin said.

Last night, a commercial Norwegian shipping vessel reached the remote stretch of the Indian Ocean depicted in the latest satellite photos.

The search also continued in the so-called "northern corridor" identified a few days ago, despite the possible breakthrough.

But the Chinese foreign ministry last night said analysis of radar and satellite data had confirmed the flight did not enter the Chinese territory that forms part of the northern corridor.

About 18 ships and 31 aircraft from countries including China, Indonesia and Malaysia are continuing to search along the projected flight path across the southern Indian Ocean.

Yesterday, distraught family members of the flight's Chinese passengers stormed a Kuala Lumpur meeting room ahead of the daily press conference, shouting their grievances about the lack of information from the Malaysian government.

But Hishammuddin said: "Assuming it is confirmed that the aircraft is located somewhere close to Australia, we will make arrangements to fly next of kin there."

 

[halsey02]

Just offer the Ah tiongs 1,000,000 RMB each....they will just forget to cry & go home straightaway...all the "wayang" just to MILK more money....

 

[Equalisation]

Just offer the Ah tiongs 1,000,000 RMB each....they will just forget to cry & go home straightaway...all the "wayang" just to MILK more money....

Fresh atau condensed ?