Malaysia Airlines MH370: New lead shifts search areaSearch shifted 1,100 kilometres to the northeast by Australian Maritime Safety AuthorityThe Associated Press
Mar 28, 2014 1:08 AM ET
Planes are searching a new area of the Indian Ocean for possible signs of the Malaysian airliner after a new analysis of radar data suggests the plane flew faster than thought and used up more fuel, which may have reduced the distance it travelled, Australia said Friday.
Based on the new information, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it had shifted the search area for the jet that disappeared nearly three weeks ago to a region 1,100 kilometres to the northeast of where planes and ships had been trying to find any sign of it.
Four search planes were in the area Friday, and six ships were headed there, said John Young, manager of AMSA's emergency response division, adding they had moved on from the previous search area, some 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth, Australia, the launching base for the search.
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