adminTHE search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 led to the discovery of the body of an old ship resting almost intact at the bottom of the southern Indian Ocean, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said Wednesday in its first update of 2016.
The reason behind the disappearance of flight MH370 still remains a mystery, despite a multimillion-dollar search for the plane which has been ongoing for nearly two years.
Sonar contact was made with the object during the underwater search on Dec. 19, 2015, Australia’s JACC, which is overseeing the search for the aircraft, said in its update.
Search vessel Havila Harmony made a more detailed analysis of the object, revealing it “was likely to be man-made, probably a shipwreck.”
“The Havila Harmony was tasked with further examination of the contact using the AUV [autonomous underwater vessel]. On Jan. 2, 2016, the AUV captured high-resolution sonar imagery of the contact, confirming that it was indeed the wreck of a ship,” JACC said in the update- Online
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