MH370: Oil Slick Is Not From Missing Plane

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 17 April 2014 | 23.32

An oil slick found in the Indian Ocean did not come from the missing Malaysian passenger plane, preliminary analysis has found.

Two litres of oil were found by Australian vessel Ocean Shield in the area where four "pings", possibly from the missing plane's black box recorder, were detected last week.

They were immediately taken for tests to determine whether they could be a clue to the location of flight MH370, which vanished while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.

The plane was carrying 239 people, most of them Chinese nationals, when it disappeared.

The search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on April 17 A map showing the position of Ocean Shield

Sky News correspondent Nick Martin, in Perth, Australia, said: "The discovery of an oil slick near to the search area was one of the 'promising leads' authorities spoke of.

"If analysis had shown it to be engine oil from the plane it would have been the first real, tangible sign of missing MH370.

"This is yet another investigative avenue closed.

"Malaysia Airlines had flown a sample of the engine oil it uses in its 777 fleet to Perth to compare it with that of the material discovered in the Indian Ocean."

Handout of crew aboard the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield moving the U.S. Navy?s Bluefin-21 into position for deployment, in the southern Indian Ocean to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 The search for the missing plane has lasted for weeks

Meanwhile, officials have denied reports efforts to find the plane are winding down, and say the search will continue over the weekend.

The unmanned submarine Bluefin-21, currently tasked with mapping the ocean floor for wreckage, completed its first full mission overnight.

The submersible spent 16 hours on the ocean floor and has mapped a total area of 90 sq km, according to a spokesman for the Joint Air Coordination Centre (JACC) in Perth, western Australia.


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