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ATSB Issues New Reports on Imagery From MH370 Search

Aug 17, 2017
“Probably man-made objects” spotted near search area.

Despite the suspension in January of the underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), the Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) has released two reports stemming from “residual analysis activity” that identified “probably man-made” objects in imagery obtained near the search area.

The two reports include analysis of satellite imagery obtained on March 23, 2014, two weeks after the Boeing 777 disappeared over the Indian Ocean during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew.

In one of the reports, Geoscience Australia detailed its findings, which “identified a number of objects in the satellite imagery which have been classified as probably man-made,” said Greg Hood, chief commissioner of the ATSB. “The image resolution is not high enough to be certain whether the objects origin…

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