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Sunday, 06 April 2014

The Observer

• MH370: possible black box 'pings' spur on search for missing airlinerAustralian and Chinese vessels have both picked up acoustic "pings" that could be from the black box of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, search officials have announced. The hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continued as Australian authorities responded to reports that a Chinese patrol ship had detected ultrasonic “pings” matching the frequency put out by the beacon on a flight recorder. Angus Houston, the Australian retired air chief marshal in charge of the search, announced on Sunday that underwater detection gear towed behind an Australian navy ship, the Ocean Shield, had also detected a sound.

The Telegraph

• Malaysia Airlines MH370: planes and ships deployed to investigate 'encouraging' signals Planes and ships were being diverted on Sunday to the area where a Chinese vessel detected signals consistent with a black box beacon in the hunt for missing flight MH370, the search chief said. Australia is coordinating the southern Indian Ocean search for the Malaysia Airlines plane which went missing on March 8 with 239 people on board. "Today Royal Australian Air Force assets will deploy to assist in further examining the acoustic signals in the vicinity of where the Chinese ship has detected the sounds," said Angus Houston, head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre leading the search.

The Mirror

• Missing Malaysia Airlines flight live: Malaysian Government accused of hiding information on vanished jetOpposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, 66, said it was impossible that the Boeing 777 would not have been tracked by Malaysia’s radar system after it changed course

London Evening Standard

• Signals 'consistent with black box'Electronic pulse signals reportedly detected by a Chinese ship in the southern Indian Ocean are consistent with those of an aircraft black box, the Australian-led joint agency co-ordinating the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner said.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Flights hinge on new runwayNorth business leaders have been told that hopes of resurrecting flights between the Highlands and Heathrow hinge on the London terminal getting a third runway.