Tropical cyclone threatens to impede search
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="tropical">tropical</span> <span word="cyclone">cyclone</span> <span word="threatened">threatened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hamper">hamper</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Malaysia">Malaysia</span> <span word="Airlines">Airlines</span> <span word="Flight">Flight</span> <span word="MH">MH</span>370 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="stretch">stretch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="Ocean">Ocean</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="submarine">submarine</span> <span word="drone">drone</span> <span word="neared">neared</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="mission">mission</span> <span word="scouring">scouring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seabed">seabed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wreckage">wreckage</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Australia">Australia</span>-<span word="led">led</span> <span word="multinational">multinational</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="MH">MH</span>370, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="vanished">vanished</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="March">March</span> 8 <span word="with">with</span> 239 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="onboard">onboard</span>, <span word="narrowed">narrowed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> 10-<span word="square">square</span>-<span word="kilometer">kilometer</span> <span word="patch">patch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="about">about</span> 2,000 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Perth">Perth</span>, <span word="Reuters">Reuters</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>.</p><p><span word="Search">Search</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Malaysian">Malaysian</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sonar">sonar</span> <span word="signals">signals</span>, <span word="or">or</span> "<span word="pings">pings</span>", <span word="traced">traced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="emanated">emanated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plane">plane</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="box">box</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="recorders">recorders</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="presented">presented</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="credible">credible</span> <span word="lead">lead</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="pings">pings</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="detected">detected</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="recorder">recorder</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="battery">battery</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="expiration">expiration</span> <span word="date">date</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="boxes">boxes</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="emit">emit</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="signals">signals</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Navy">Navy</span> <span word="remote">remote</span>-<span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="submarine">submarine</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bluefin">Bluefin</span>-21, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="ninth">ninth</span> <span word="mission">mission</span>, <span word="scanning">scanning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="unmapped">unmapped</span> <span word="stretch">stretch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="seabed">seabed</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pings">pings</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span>, <span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Bluefin">Bluefin</span>-21 <span word="has">has</span> <span word="searched">searched</span> <span word="approximately">approximately</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="thirds">thirds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="underwater">underwater</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="date">date</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="contacts">contacts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="date">date</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Joint">Joint</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="Coordination">Coordination</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="search">search</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="unimpeded">unimpeded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="weather">weather</span>, <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Tropical">Tropical</span> <span word="Cyclone">Cyclone</span> <span word="Jack">Jack</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span>.</p>
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