Thirteen days after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared from air traffic controller screens, the Boeing 777-200ER is still nowhere to be found. But new satellite imagery released by the Australian military reveals that a patch of debris from Flight MH370 may be floating somewhere in a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean, approximately 1,400 miles off the southwestern coast of Australia.
Since the recent satellite imagery discovery, the multinational team of search-and-rescue personnel, ships and planes scouring the oceans for the missing Flight MH370 has shifted to search the remote part of the southern Indian Ocean where the debris pieces were spotted by satellites and the Andaman Sea between India and Thailand.
Unfortunately, the fate of Flight MH370’s 227 passengers and 12 crew remains unknown as Australia’s deputy prime minister told reporters that the possible debris of Flight MH370 may have sunk below the ocean surface, according to a report by Reuters.
"Something that was floating on the sea that long ago may no longer be floating," Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said to Reuters.
Despite that statement, the search team, which comprises several ships and aircraft, including Poseidon P-8Is, C-130 Hercules and civilian vessels, continues to hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the new search area.
Take a closer look at the latest search efforts for Flight MH370 in the photos below.
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Loadmasters, Sergeant Adam Roberts (L) and Flight Sergeant John Mancey, launch a 'Self Locating Data Marker Buoy' from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in this picture released by the Australian Defense Force March 21, 2014.Reuters/Australian Defence Force/HandoutA diagram showing the search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean is seen during a briefing by John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), in Canberra March 20, 2014.Reuters/Sean DaveyA diagram showing the search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean is seen during a briefing by John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), in Canberra March 20, 2014. Reuters/Sean DaveyJournalists look at a TV screen broadcasting a news conference Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, inside the hotel where are relatives of the passengers of the missing Boeing 777-200ER are staying in Putrajaya March 20, 2014.Reuters/Samsul SaidUndated file photo of Norwegian car carrier Hoegh St. Petersburg at sea.Reuters/hoegh.com/Handout/NTB ScanpixA U.S. Navy P8 Poseidon aircraft takes off from a runway at Perth International Airport, en route to the Indian Ocean March 21, 2014.Reuters/Jason ReedFamily members of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 take pictures of radar information during a briefing by the Malaysian government at a hotel in Beijing March 21, 2014.Reuters/Kim Kyung-HoonRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pilot Flying Officer Sam Dudman monitors the systems of a RAAF C-130J Hercules aircraft as it prepares to launch two Self Locating Data Marker Buoys in the southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in this picture released by the Australian Defense Force March 21, 2014. Reuters/Australian Defence Force/HandoutRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Loadmaster Sergeant Adam Roberts scans the ocean while onboard a C-130J Hercules as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in this picture released by the Australian Defence Force March 21, 2014. Reuters/Australian Defence Force/HandoutA Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion returns from a search for Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean, at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth March 21, 2014.Reuters/Jason ReedA Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C co-pilot looks out the cockpit window upon his return from a search of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean, at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, March 21, 2014. Reuters/Jason Reed
