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April 14, 2014

Mini-sub deploys to scour ocean depths in MH370 hunt
Perth, Australia (AFP) April 14, 2014
Australia decided Monday to deploy a mini-submarine to scour the unmapped Indian Ocean seabed for Malaysian jet MH370 at a daunting depth of 4,500 metres (15,000 feet), ending the search for black-box signals. Angus Houston, who heads the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, also revealed that an oil slick had been sighted in the area of the search led by the Australian vessel Ocean Shield far off Perth. "Ocean Shield will cease searching with the towed pinger locator later today and deploy the aut ... read more

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