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Was this the sound of a crash?

A team of Australian researchers looking into the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight have released data about an unusual underwater sound recorded around the time the plane vanished, though the lead scientist acknowledged the chances it is linked to the jet are slim.

The low-frequency sound was picked up by underwater listening devices in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia on March 8, the same day the Boeing 777 disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

Researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia have been analyzing the signal to see if it may be the sound of the plane crashing into the ocean.

But Alec Duncan, who’s heading the research, said the sound appears to have originated well outside the jet’s projected flight path.




 

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