A Thai satellite spotted about 300 objects 1,675 miles southwest of Perth. Are these objects debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 or just more ocean junk? Based on what’s happened up until this point, it’s probably ocean junk and not remnants of Mh370. Bad weather has hampered the search efforts to actually get to these 300 objects.
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A Thai satellite also spotted about 300 objects, ranging from 6 feet to 53 feet long, about 1,675 miles southwest of Perth, said Anond Snidvongs, director of Thailand’s space technology development agency. He said the images, taken Monday by the Thaichote satellite, took two days to process and were relayed to Malaysian authorities on Wednesday.
The objects were about 125 miles southwest of the area where a French satellite on Sunday spotted 122 objects. It’s unknown whether the satellites detected the same objects; currents in the ocean can run a meter per second (about 2.2 mph) and wind also could move material.
The announcements came after the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it had to pull back all 11 planes scheduled to take part in the search Thursday because of heavy rain, winds and low clouds. Five ships continued the hunt.