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马来西亚政府与美国公司签署协议 重启搜寻MH370
2018年1月10日，马来西亚普特拉贾亚，马来西亚交通部长廖中莱在记者会上称，马来西亚政府已正式批准马航MH370客机搜寻工作。图片来源：视觉中国
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在马航MH370客机消失四年后，美国海底探索公司Ocean Infinity重启搜索作业，为期90天。
据新加坡《联合早报》1月23日报道，Ocean Infinity的一艘搜寻船已抵达搜索区域，并于22日发射水下自主潜航器进行搜索。马来西亚民航局总监阿兹哈鲁丁23日发布公告重申，这项搜索行动是建立在“没收获，不收费”的基础上。
海外网援引外媒报道说，Ocean Infinity的搜索船抵达位于印度洋南部的搜索区域，在马来西亚时间22日凌晨2点55分发射了首个水下自主潜航器展开搜索，剩余的自主潜航器也将随即就位。
界面新闻此前报道，马来西亚政府于去年10月接受了Ocean Infinity的计划书，考虑让该公司重启搜寻工作；11月，马来西亚内阁同意为Ocean Infinity设立一笔2000万美元到7000万美元的特别奖金，前提是“如果该公司能在90天内找到MH370飞机的残骸”。
Ocean Infinity公司的首席执行官曾表示，其船只可以在三到四周内完成搜索，在90天内覆盖6万平方公里的面积，比以前的工作快四倍。
作为马航MH370客机反应小组的组长，阿兹哈鲁丁说，共有65人参与搜索行动，其中包括两名代表马来西亚政府的皇家海军人员。“马航MH370反应小组将通过短信和电邮，向马航MH370客机遇难者家属告知搜寻的最新进展，同时也会把有关进展更新在马航MH370官网上的家属栏目。”
西澳大学沿岸海洋学教授帕蒂亚拉奇对路透社表示，本次使用的搜寻船“海底建造者号”（Seabed Constructor）上有八个自主潜航器（AUV），能更快地搜寻大范围的海床，并可下沉至6000米的深度，这比过往参与MH370搜寻行动的潜艇还要深。
“如果连他们都无法在90天内寻获，未来数十年可能就无望找到了，这就像是最后的努力。”帕蒂亚拉奇说。
2014年3月8日，从马来西亚吉隆坡前往中国北京的马航MH370客机失联，机上载共有239名乘客和机组成员，其中有154人为中国乘客。2015年1月29日，马来西亚民航局宣布MH370失事，并推定机上所有人员遇难。
事后多国组织发起大规模搜索行动，以澳大利亚为主导的多国搜寻团队在12万平方公里的海洋区域内进行了近三年的作业，共耗资1.6亿美元，为航空史上最大规模的搜寻行动。
2015年到2016年，在南印度洋、非洲东海岸和南部等地相继发现疑似MH370的残骸碎片。但截至目前，仅有三块碎片被证实来自MH370，包括一片襟副翼。
2017年1月，澳大利亚搜寻马航370航班联合协调中心宣布，暂停对该航班的水下搜索。
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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...d-mh370-arrives-in-search-zone-report-9887328
Private company launches search for Malaysia's Flight MH370 in 'final effort'
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A woman leaves a message of support and hope for the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 in central Kuala Lumpur Mar 16, 2014. (Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
23 Jan 2018 04:15PM (Updated: 23 Jan 2018 07:40PM)
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SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR: A U.S.-based company has begun searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysia said on Tuesday, as it tries to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
Flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 with 239 people, mostly Chinese, on board.
Investigators believe someone may have deliberately switched off MH370's transponder before diverting it over the Indian Ocean. Debris has been collected from Indian Ocean islands and Africa's east coast and at least three pieces have been confirmed as coming from the missing plane.
Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless AUS$200-million (£114.27 million) search of a 120,000 sq km area in January last year, despite investigators urging the search be extended to a 25,000 sq km area further to the north.
Malaysia agreed earlier this month to pay U.S. firm Ocean Infinity up to US$70 million (£50.18 million) if it finds the plane within 90 days. The search vessel, the Seabed Constructor, set off from Durban, South Africa, on Jan. 3.
Ocean Infinity's vessel carries eight "autonomous underwater vehicles", or submersible craft, that will scour the seabed with scanning equipment for information to be sent back for analysis.
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The Seabed Constructor began its search on Monday, Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
Reuters shipping data shows the vessel reached the search zone on Sunday and on Tuesday was tracking towards a spot that Australia's scientific agency believes with "unprecedented precision and certainty" is the most likely location of the aircraft.
The eight submersibles can search a wide area of sea floor much faster than the tethered scanners used in previous searches, Charitha Pattiaratchi, professor of coastal oceanography at the University of Western Australia, told Reuters by phone from Colombo.
"If they don't find anything in the 90 days ... I think that would be the end for decades - this is like the final effort, if you like," he said.
The Seabed Constructor could complete the search within three or four weeks, covering up to 60,000 sq km in 90 days, or four times faster than earlier efforts, Ocean Infinity Chief Executive Oliver Plunkett told Reuters this month.
(Reporting by Tom Westbrook in SYDNEY, A. Ananthalakshmi and Joseph Sipalan in KUALA LUMPUR; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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对MH370的“最后努力”：时隔一年潜航器再次下水搜索
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马来西亚政府与美国公司签署协议 重启搜寻MH370
2018年1月10日，马来西亚普特拉贾亚，马来西亚交通部长廖中莱在记者会上称，马来西亚政府已正式批准马航MH370客机搜寻工作。图片来源：视觉中国
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在马航MH370客机消失四年后，美国海底探索公司Ocean Infinity重启搜索作业，为期90天。
据新加坡《联合早报》1月23日报道，Ocean Infinity的一艘搜寻船已抵达搜索区域，并于22日发射水下自主潜航器进行搜索。马来西亚民航局总监阿兹哈鲁丁23日发布公告重申，这项搜索行动是建立在“没收获，不收费”的基础上。
海外网援引外媒报道说，Ocean Infinity的搜索船抵达位于印度洋南部的搜索区域，在马来西亚时间22日凌晨2点55分发射了首个水下自主潜航器展开搜索，剩余的自主潜航器也将随即就位。
界面新闻此前报道，马来西亚政府于去年10月接受了Ocean Infinity的计划书，考虑让该公司重启搜寻工作；11月，马来西亚内阁同意为Ocean Infinity设立一笔2000万美元到7000万美元的特别奖金，前提是“如果该公司能在90天内找到MH370飞机的残骸”。
Ocean Infinity公司的首席执行官曾表示，其船只可以在三到四周内完成搜索，在90天内覆盖6万平方公里的面积，比以前的工作快四倍。
作为马航MH370客机反应小组的组长，阿兹哈鲁丁说，共有65人参与搜索行动，其中包括两名代表马来西亚政府的皇家海军人员。“马航MH370反应小组将通过短信和电邮，向马航MH370客机遇难者家属告知搜寻的最新进展，同时也会把有关进展更新在马航MH370官网上的家属栏目。”
西澳大学沿岸海洋学教授帕蒂亚拉奇对路透社表示，本次使用的搜寻船“海底建造者号”（Seabed Constructor）上有八个自主潜航器（AUV），能更快地搜寻大范围的海床，并可下沉至6000米的深度，这比过往参与MH370搜寻行动的潜艇还要深。
“如果连他们都无法在90天内寻获，未来数十年可能就无望找到了，这就像是最后的努力。”帕蒂亚拉奇说。
2014年3月8日，从马来西亚吉隆坡前往中国北京的马航MH370客机失联，机上载共有239名乘客和机组成员，其中有154人为中国乘客。2015年1月29日，马来西亚民航局宣布MH370失事，并推定机上所有人员遇难。
事后多国组织发起大规模搜索行动，以澳大利亚为主导的多国搜寻团队在12万平方公里的海洋区域内进行了近三年的作业，共耗资1.6亿美元，为航空史上最大规模的搜寻行动。
2015年到2016年，在南印度洋、非洲东海岸和南部等地相继发现疑似MH370的残骸碎片。但截至目前，仅有三块碎片被证实来自MH370，包括一片襟副翼。
2017年1月，澳大利亚搜寻马航370航班联合协调中心宣布，暂停对该航班的水下搜索。
作者：界面天下
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...d-mh370-arrives-in-search-zone-report-9887328
Private company launches search for Malaysia's Flight MH370 in 'final effort'
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A woman leaves a message of support and hope for the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 in central Kuala Lumpur Mar 16, 2014. (Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
23 Jan 2018 04:15PM (Updated: 23 Jan 2018 07:40PM)
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SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR: A U.S.-based company has begun searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysia said on Tuesday, as it tries to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
Flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 with 239 people, mostly Chinese, on board.
Investigators believe someone may have deliberately switched off MH370's transponder before diverting it over the Indian Ocean. Debris has been collected from Indian Ocean islands and Africa's east coast and at least three pieces have been confirmed as coming from the missing plane.
Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless AUS$200-million (£114.27 million) search of a 120,000 sq km area in January last year, despite investigators urging the search be extended to a 25,000 sq km area further to the north.
Malaysia agreed earlier this month to pay U.S. firm Ocean Infinity up to US$70 million (£50.18 million) if it finds the plane within 90 days. The search vessel, the Seabed Constructor, set off from Durban, South Africa, on Jan. 3.
Ocean Infinity's vessel carries eight "autonomous underwater vehicles", or submersible craft, that will scour the seabed with scanning equipment for information to be sent back for analysis.
Advertisement
The Seabed Constructor began its search on Monday, Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
Reuters shipping data shows the vessel reached the search zone on Sunday and on Tuesday was tracking towards a spot that Australia's scientific agency believes with "unprecedented precision and certainty" is the most likely location of the aircraft.
The eight submersibles can search a wide area of sea floor much faster than the tethered scanners used in previous searches, Charitha Pattiaratchi, professor of coastal oceanography at the University of Western Australia, told Reuters by phone from Colombo.
"If they don't find anything in the 90 days ... I think that would be the end for decades - this is like the final effort, if you like," he said.
The Seabed Constructor could complete the search within three or four weeks, covering up to 60,000 sq km in 90 days, or four times faster than earlier efforts, Ocean Infinity Chief Executive Oliver Plunkett told Reuters this month.
(Reporting by Tom Westbrook in SYDNEY, A. Ananthalakshmi and Joseph Sipalan in KUALA LUMPUR; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Source: Reuters/zl
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