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Chinese satellite spots suspicious MH370-linked object

2014-03-22 19:15 Xinhua Web Editor: Yao Lan
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Photo source: Xinhua / State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense

Photo source: Xinhua / State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense

A Chinese satellite imagery shows a 22-meter-long, 13-meter-wide object in the southern Indian Ocean, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) said Saturday.

Captured by the high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen-1" at around 12 a.m. on March 18 Beijing Time, the imagery spotted the object at 44 degrees, 57 minutes south latitude, and 90 degrees, 13 minutes east longitude, in the southern Indian Ocean, the SASTIND said.

The location of the suspicious object is along the southern corridor missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 might have taken, and about 120 km south by west from the location of a suspicious object Australia found before.

 

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