In what has been a rather frustrating and futile search, a Chinese government agency revealed that satellites investigating the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 discovered what it calls a “possible crash area” at sea. The State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense of China bared its discovery which includes images of what it believed were “three suspected floating objects” which measured 13 x 18 meters (43 x 59 feet), 14 x 19 meters (46 x 62 ft), and 24 x 22 meters (79 x 72 feet), respectively. For reference, the wingspan of the missing Boeing 777-200ER measured 61 meters (200 ft) and its overall length is 64 meters (210 feet). The images were captured 11 am of March 9th, one day after it disappeared but was not released until Wednesday. After putting the coordinates at 105.6 east longitude and 6.7 north latitude, the Chinese agency placed the missing plane at waters northeast of its take off point in Kuala Lumpur and south Vietnam, where the South China Sea meets the Gulf of Thailand. Although this is not the first time that authorities announced the discovery of objects or oil slicks connected to the aircraft, this […]