MH370News:2014/Day 016
Day 016: Sunday, 23 March 2014
News Summary
- 5:30 PM
- 18,500 sq nautical miles searched in one day (23 March). Objects being sighted in the ocean by planes flying over. HMAS Success to retrieve objects in its vicinity.
Source: DCA (Malaysia) - Interactive Timeline
Media Statements
Sunday, March 23, 06:00 PM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - Press Statement by Ministry of Transport, Malaysia
1. Search and rescue operational update
a. The search and rescue operation remains an international effort, co-ordinated by Malaysia. A number of countries are leading in their respective search areas and all countries involved are displaying unprecedented levels of co-operation.
b. This morning, Malaysia received new satellite images from the French authorities showing potential objects in the vicinity of the southern corridor. Malaysia immediately relayed these images to the Australian rescue co-ordination centre.
c. Two Chinese Ilyushin IL-76s have arrived in Perth, and will depart for the search andrescue operation tomorrow at 05:00 and 06:00.
d. Two Japanese P3 Orions today left Subang airport for Perth.
e. The Australian rescue co-ordination centre will deploy eight aircraft (four military and four civilian) to the southern corridor today, to conduct visual searching.
f. The Australian Defence Vessel ‘Ocean Shield’, which has a sub-sea remotely operated vehicle, is currently en route to the southern corridor.
g. As of 2:30pm Malaysia time, Australian officials have informed us that they have not made any new sightings regarding MH370.
h. One Indian Navy P8 Poseidon and one Indian Air Force C130 left Subang airport today to join the search and rescue operation in the northern part of the southern corridor, which is being led by Indonesia.
i. A number of other sorties from Subang airport to the southern corridor were cancelled today due to bad weather caused by tropical cyclone Gillian.
j. Australia, China and France have now released satellite images that show potential objects, which may be related to MH370, in the vicinity of the southern corridor. All this information has been forwarded to Australia, as the lead country in the area of concern.
2. Family briefing
a. The Malaysian high level team started a briefing in Beijing this morning for relatives of those on board MH370. The meeting lasted more than 6 hours. This is the third such meeting that has been held. The team presented information to the relatives and answered questions. The Government wishes to reiterate its commitment and continued engagement with the relatives of those on board MH370.
3. Update on ACARS transmission
a. The last ACARS transmission, sent at 1.07am, showed nothing unusual. The 1.07am transmission showed a normal routing all the way to Beijing.
1. 搜救行动信息更新
在马来西亚协调下,各国的搜索和救援行动仍在努力进行。许多国家在各自的搜索领域积极扮演引导角色,所有涉及到的国家都展示了前所未有的合作态度。
今天上午,马来西亚获得了法国提供的新卫星图像,图像显示在南部走廊附近存在可能的搜寻对象。马来西亚立刻向澳大利亚救援协调中心转发了这些图像。
两架中国“伊尔-76”飞机已抵达柏斯,并将在明天05:00和06:00出发参与搜救行动。
两架日本P3“猎户座”飞机今天离开梳邦机场飞往珀斯。
澳大利亚救援协调中心将在今天调派八架飞机(四架军用和四架民用)前往南部走廊,执行视觉搜索任务。
澳大利亚国防舰艇“海洋盾牌号”正赶往南部走廊。该船配备有一辆海底遥控操作车。
截至马来西亚时间下午2:30,澳大利亚官员通报我们的消息是,他们没有发现关于MH370的任何新线索。
印度海军一架P8“波塞冬”飞机和印度空军一架C130飞机今天离开了梳邦机场,加入到南部走廊的搜救行动中。该区域的行动由印尼领导。
由于热带气旋“吉莉安”造成的恶劣天气,原计划今天从梳邦机场前往南部走廊的其它很多飞机架次均被取消。
目前,澳大利亚、中国和法国均已发布了相关卫星图像,显示在南部走廊附近存在可能与MH370有关的物体。所有这些信息均已被转发到相关区域搜索工作牵头国家澳大利亚。
2. 家属情况通报
马来西亚高层代表团今天上午在北京为MH370 航班乘客家属召开了一次情况通报会。会议持续了6个小时以上。这是此类通报会第三次召开。代表团向家属们通报了信息并回答了提问。马来西亚政府希望重申其承诺,并持续与失联乘客家属沟通。
3. 飞机通信寻址和报告系统传输的最新信息
早晨1.07进行的最新一次ACARS信号传输并未显示任何异常。1.07这次的传输显示,通往北京的线路全线正常。
Source: Ministry of Transport (Malaysia) via the Web Archive