MH370 Hunters Narrow Down Most Likely Site of Wreckage
- Search is now focused on the southern end of a refined zone
- New analysis indicates aircraft's engines flamed out
A crew member looks out an observation window aboard a Royal New Zealand Air Force maritime search aircraft.
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Australian authorities hunting for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said they’ve narrowed down the search area for the missing plane as they seek to solve one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation history.
New analysis of the aircraft’s flight path and satellite communications has generated a “hotspot” where the wreckage is most likely to lie, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said Thursday in Canberra. Investigators are now focusing on the southern end of a refined 100,000-square-kilometer (39,000-square-mile) search area, Truss said.