Monday, March 24, 2014

MALAYSIA - Flight MH370 Updated 3/25/2014

"Using social media to scour the ‘haystack’: More than 3 million join search for Flight 370 from home" PBS NewsHour 3/21/2014

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SUMMARY:  The overflow of information generated during a crisis like the Malaysian airliner gone missing can be just as paralyzing as the absence of information for those officials charged with searching.  A crowdsourced search for Flight 370 harnesses the energy and time of the more than 3 million people who have volunteered to scour satellite imagery.  Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.



"Missing plane search focuses on new satellite imagery data" PBS NewsHour 3/22/2014

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SUMMARY:  After two weeks of searching, the missing Malaysian Airlines plane has yet to be found.  In recent days both Australian and Chinese satellite imagery have picked up on objects that could be aircraft debris.  What does this mean for search?  Hari Sreenivasan speaks with WSJ reporter Andy Pasztor about the technology authorities are using to find flight 370 and how it is affected by nature.



"Malaysian government says Flight 370’s final satellite ping ended over the Southern Indian Ocean" PBS NewsHour 3/24/2014

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SUMMARY:  Around the time the passengers on board Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 should have arrived in Beijing, their plane came down in the empty Indian Ocean 6,000 miles away — with no chance that anyone survived.  Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on the announcement on the presumed fate of the airliner by the Malaysian government.



"Still facing abyss of questions, what gives Malaysia confidence in its Flight 370 conclusion?" PBS NewsHour 3/24/2014

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SUMMARY:  After 17 days of searching for the missing airliner, Malaysian officials announced that they believe it went down in the Southern Indian Ocean and that no one survived.  Michael Schmidt of The New York Times joins Judy Woodruff to discuss lingering questions for the Malaysian authorities in light of their conclusion.

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