AS Hantar Dron Dasar Laut Mampu Jelajah Sedalam 15000 Kaki Cari MH370

Amerika Syarikat (AS) akan menghantar dron dasar laut milik Tentera Laut negara itu yang mampu menjelajah sehingga kedalaman hampir 15,000 kaki (4,572 meter) dalam usaha membantu mencari serpihan pesawat Malaysia Airlines MH370, kata Pentagon semalam seperti dilaporkan Reuters.

Peter Herzig, centre, and Klas Lackschewitz stand behind the German 'Abyss' Photo: Carsten Rehder/EPA

Pengumuman pengerahan kenderaan dasar laut berkelengkapan sonar dikenali sebagai Bluefin itu dibuat beberapa jam selepas Malaysia mengesahkan pesawat tersebut hilang di Lautan Hindi, lapor agensi berita antarabangsa itu.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengumumkan perkembangan terbaru ini kepada pemberita malam tadi berkata beliau dimaklumkan mengenai perkara ini oleh wakil Cawangan Siasatan Nahas Udara (AAIB) dari Britain.

Najib berkata, pakar analisis data satelit Inmarsat, yang sebelum ini memberi anggaran lokasi pesawat itu di dua koridor utara dan selatan, merumuskan pesawat malang itu mengakhiri perjalanannya di tengah-tengah Lautan Hindi di barat bandaraya Perth, Australia. - 25 Mac, 2014.

Laporan akhbar The Telegraph:

Malaysia Airlines: World's only three Abyss submarines readied for plane search

German and American oceanographers are planning to deploy the world's three unmanned "Abyss" type deep sea search submarines to track down the remains of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Der Spiegel magazine said scientists at the Helmholtz Oceanography Institute in the German port city of Kiel had arranged with their counterparts at the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Institute to deploy the three submarines which can dive to depths of 6,000 metres and stay submerged for up to 24 hours.

"We have already agreed to launch a joint search with our American colleagues," said Peter Herzig, the director of the Helmholtz Institute.

"With Sonar from three submarines we will be able to search a much bigger area."
Mr Herzig said that his team had just renewed the batteries on their "Abyss" and were checking the €1.5 million (£1.26m) submarine's engines and sensors in preparation for swift deployment. He said they were now simply waiting for wreckage of flight MH370 to be sighted...

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