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MH370: Malaysia kerahkan aset untuk sahkan objek yang dikesan - Hishammuddin
SEPANG: Pesawat dan kapal telah dikerahkan untuk mengesahkan objek yang dikesan di selatan Lautan Hindi ada kaitan dengan pesawat MH370 yang hilang sejak 8 Mac lalu, kata pemangku Menteri Pengangkutan Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.Bercakap kepada pemberita sebelum mesyuarat delegasi Australia di Hotel Sama - Sama di sini, beliau berkata maklumat itu merupakan petunjuk baru dalam operasi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) pesawat MH370 yang masuk hari ke-13 pada Khamis.
"Seperti yang saya telah lakukan dari hari pertama, kita mengikuti setiap perkembangan. Harap-harap ini merupakan satu perkembangan positif," kata beliau sambil menambah bahawa ia adalah terlalu awal untuk mengesahkan di mana serpihan itu ditemui.
Ditanya apa jenis serpihan telah dijumpai dan berapa lama ia akan mengambil masa untuk mengesahkan ia, Hishammuddin berkata: "Kita tidak akan tahu, pesawat dan kapal telah dikerahkan"
Kawasan carian untuk carian Australia telah dikurangkan kepada 300,000 kilometer persegi daripada 600,000 kilometer persegi.
"Seperti yang telah kita lakukan dengan imej daripada satelit China dan serpihan lain yang beberapa petunjuk lebih awal. Kami menggunakan format yang sama."
Hishammuddin enggan mendedahkan maklumat apa yang telah diberikan oleh kerajaan Australia.
Hari ini, Perdana Menteri AustraliaTony Abbotmemaklumkan kepada parlimen negara tersebut mengenai penemuan dua imej satelit bersaiz24 meteryang dipercayai tenggelam timbul di permukaan air berkemungkinan serpihan daripada pesawat MH370 yang hilang sejak 8 Mac lalu.
Pesawat MH370 milik Malaysia Airlines (MAS) itu dalam penerbangan ke Beijing dilaporkan hilang sejak awal pagi Sabtu dan masih belum ditemui sehingga hari ini.
Abbott memberitahu parlimen " maklumat baru dan boleh dipercayai " setelah hampir dua minggu selepas pesawat hilang.
SYDNEY: Dua objek mungkin berkaitan dengan carian untuk hilang Malaysia Airlines MH370 telah kelihatan, Perdana Menteri Australia Tony Abbott berkata pada hari Khamis, dalam penemuan yang berpotensi.
Abbott memberitahu parlimen " maklumat baru dan boleh dipercayai " setelah hampir dua minggu selepas pesawat hilang.
Beliau berkata Australia tentera udara Orion telah pun dialihkan untuk melihat ke dalam objek dengan tiga lagi pesawat pengawasan untuk diikuti. Beliau tidak menyatakan di mana mereka tetapi Australia mengambil alih jagaan carian di Lautan selatan India.
"Pihak Berkuasa Keselamatan Maritim Australia ( AMSA ) telah menerima maklumat berdasarkan kepada maklumat satelit objek mungkin berkaitan dengan carian, " kata Abbott , sambil menambah bahawa dia telah memberitahu Perdana Menteri Malaysia Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
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PASUKAN PENCARI DAN MENYELAMAT (SAR) AUSTRALIA SYAK OBJEK DITEMUI IALAH MH370 DI LAUTAN HINDI
Pasukan Austalia menjalankan operasi memeriksa kawasan di kawasan selatan Lautan Hindi selepas satelitnya mengesan dua objek yang disyaki sebagai bahagian kapal terbang di lokasi tersebut. Pihak berkuasa maritim Austalia menyebut, menyatakan ada di antara objek berkenaan dikesan sebesar 24 meter.
Ia dikesan pada kedudukan 2,500 kilometer dari barat daya Perth dipantai barat negara itu, kata pengurus besar badan tersebut John Young dalam sidang media yang dipancarkan melalui Internet.
Terdahulu, perdana menterinya Tony Abbott yang berucap di parlimen negara itu pesawat Orion milik Australia dikerah ke kawasan tersebut untuk mengesan objek berkenaan, lapor laman BBC.
"The Australian Maritime Safety Authority menerima maklumat berdasarkan maklumat satelit mengenai objek yang mungkin ada kaitan dengan pencarian itu.
"Susulan analisis oleh pakar ke atas imej satelit ini, dua objek berkaitan pencarian tersebut dikenalpasi,” katanya sepeti dipetik dalam laporan tersebut.
Kawasan di selatan Lautan Hidi merupakan salah satu daripada dua zon yang menjadi tumpuan operasi mencari dan menyelamat selepas penyiasat mendapati pesawat MH370 dilencongkan dari laluan asal dengan sengaja.
Katanya, beliau mengumumkan perkara itu di parlimen hari ini walau penemuan tersebut mungkin tiada kaitan dengan pencarian MH370.
“Saya ingin beritahu dewan – dan kita perlu sentiasa ingat – usaha mengesan objek ini amat sukar dan mungkin akhirnya ia tiada kaitan dengan penerbangan MH370.
"Bagaimanapun, saya ingin memaklumkan kepada dewan mengenai perkembangan yang mungkin penting ini,” katanya seperti dipetik laporan The Guardian -mk
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Australian maritime authority official calls objects credible and of "reasonable" size; largest object about 24 meters.
Australian maritime authority official calls objects credible and of "reasonable" size; largest object about 24 meters.
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Australia sends airforce plane to ocean location of objects possibly related to missing Malaysian plane.
Australia has sent an aircraft to investigate two objects spotted by satellite floating in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from a Malaysian jetliner missing with 239 people on board, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said.
"New and credible information has come to light in relation to the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean," Abbott told the Australian parliament on Thursday.
No confirmed wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been found since it vanished from air traffic control screens off Malaysia's east coast early on March 8, less than an hour after taking off.
"The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search," Abbott said.
"Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified," he said.
In a news conference in Canberra, John Young, an Australian maritime official, said that one of the objects spotted could be as large as 24 metres.
Abbott said he had already spoken with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak and cautioned that the objects had yet to be identified, according to Reuters news agency.
"The task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and it may turn out they are not related to the search for MH370," Abbott said.
Malaysia's transport minister, Hishammudin Hussein, confirmed the new lead to reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
He was speaking after Australia sent aircraft to investigate two objects spotted by satellite floating in the sea.
Abbott said that a Royal Australian Airforce Orion has been diverted to the area to attempt to locate the objects. The Orion is expected to arrive in the area on Thursday afternoon, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Three additional aircraft are expected to follow for a more intensive search, he said.
Abbott cautioned, however, that the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and "it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight MH370."
Unprecedented search
Investigators believe that someone with detailed knowledge of both the Boeing 777-200ER and commercial aviation navigation switched off the plane's communications systems before diverting it thousands of miles off its scheduled course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Exhaustive background checks of the passengers and crew aboard have not yielded anything that might explain why.
The FBI is helping Malaysian authorities analyse data from a flight simulator belonging to the captain of the missing plane, after initial examination showed some data logs had been deleted early last month.
Abbott said a search aircraft was due to arrive at the area where the objects were spotted at about the time he was speaking in parliament.
A media briefing is expected in the Australian capital Canberra at 0430 GMT.
An unprecedented multinational search for the plane has focused on two vast search corridors: one arcing north overland from Laos towards the Caspian Sea, the other curving south across the Indian Ocean from west of Indonesia's Sumatra island
to west of Australia.
Australia is leading the search in the southern part of the southern corridor, with assistance from the US Navy
LIVE: Australian news conference continues.
Australian maritime authority official calls objects credible and of “reasonable” size; largest object about 24 meters.
澳方专家称非常可信是飞机残骸, 可疑物最大24米。
Australian maritime authority official calls objects credible and of “reasonable” size; largest object about 24 meters.
澳方专家称非常可信是飞机残骸, 可疑物最大24米。
SYDNEY: Two objects possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sighted, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday, in a potential breakthrough.
Abbott told parliament “new and credible information” had come to light nearly two weeks after the plane vanished.
He said an Australian air force Orion had already been diverted to look into the objects with three more surveillance planes to follow. He did not specify where they were but Australia has taken charge of the search in the southern Indian Ocean.
“The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has received information based on satellite information of objects possibly related to the search,” Abbott said, adding that he had informed Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
“Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified.”
But he warned against drawing any premature conclusions.
“We must keep in mind the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight MH370,” he said.
Authorities in Kuala Lumpur on Monday asked Canberra to take responsibility for the “southern vector” of the operation to locate the Boeing 777, which disappeared on March 8 en route to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board.
The Malaysian government believes the jet was deliberately diverted and flew for several hours after leaving its scheduled flight path – either north towards Central Asia, or towards the southern Indian Ocean.
Australian, US and New Zealand long-range surveillance planes have been scouring a vast tract of the southern Indian Ocean since Tuesday, with the search focused on an area of 305,000 sq km (122,000 square miles), some 2,600km southeast of Perth. – AFP
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