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started by alix resch on 03 Apr 14
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    Ocean Shield , the Australian naval ship , just depart tomorrow but expected new to the area looking for MH370 . The ship is equipped with a black box detection signal of the U.S. Navy .

    Battery parts of the signal from the black boxes only exist in one month . More than three weeks have passed since the plane disappeared , and in theory it will cease operations at the end of this week .

    Experts say that the battery of the flight data recorder may be required in the next few days , or even dead . Mr. Robert Francis , former head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission U.S. , said the ability to detect the black box was " extremely remote " . " I think finding the data recorders that really very, very fragile ," CNN quoted Francis said .

    Angus Houston , former commander of the Air Force Australia is leading the search , said the search for traces MH370 can last . " This will take time . This is not what can be solved in a few weeks . At this time we are not exactly " .


    Ocean Shield ships en route to the area where the search rectangle , yellow stripe . Graphics: Telegraph

    There are about 6 ships and 10 aircraft from various countries participated in the search operation , focusing on a large area of about 1,850 km from Australia to the west .

    " We owe the families , we owe those who travel by air , we owe governments have citizens on that plane , we owe the wider world was stunned by mystery this for three weeks now , " said Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott . " As I said , the intensity of the search for and the scope of our campaign is to increase, not decrease ."

    When aircraft number 447 of Air France crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009
    , the search took two years to find the black box , although the aircraft debris located within just 24 hours .

    As for MH370 , after more than three weeks , not a plane debris found. Its black boxes may never be found , together with it is the answer to the mystery of the missing aircraft . This led many to call up the data replacing the current flight to the type of system can transmit information directly or can be thrown out of a plane upon impact .

    After the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines aircraft , U.S. Congressman David Price introduced a bill , which requires airlines can use the black box jumped out of the plane . The bill was first launched in 2005 , after the terrorist attacks on 11/9/2001 .

    Black Box , a solid structure with orange crust , is an information storage device is mounted on aircraft to record flight data . On every plane have two black box includes a record of all flight data ( FDR ) as the engine's operation , speed , altitude ... and a sound recorder in the cockpit ( CVR ) . We will help professionals find the cause of the accident in case the plane crashed den led am nuoc

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