The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has now shifted to the Indian Ocean. Last night’s report that the plane was in the air four hours more after it’s last known contact. The radius of the possible locations of the plane, if in the air for four more hours is now about 2,400 square miles. Now, the US is searching the Indian Ocean for the plane after the debris found in the South China Sea turned out to not be the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Below is the circle and radius where the plane could be:
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CNN:
Now, a new search area may be opened in the Indian Ocean, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday. Carney said many countries are partnering in the search and “following leads where we find them.”
Carney didn’t specify why the search area might shift, but he told reporters that “some new information that’s not necessarily conclusive” could lead to “reallocating some assets” toward the Indian Ocean.
“We are looking at information, pursuing possible leads, working within the investigation being led by the Malaysian government, and it is my understanding that one possible piece of information or collection of pieces of information has led to the possibility that a new search area may be opened,” Carney said.