2 new Signals discovered in new search area of Missing Malaysia Airline

In a sea of doubt, two pieces of good news
surfaced this Wednesday. Searchers picked up fresh signals that officials hope
are locator beacons from the data recorders of the
missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

The Australian ship Ocean Shield had first picked up
the underwater pulses Saturday. But then, for the
next three days, nothing. On Tuesday, the ship once again reacquired the
signals.

That's four signals in the same broad area:
two on Saturday; two on Tuesday. "I believe we are searching in the right area but we
need to visually identify wreckage before we can
confirm with certainty that this is the final resting
place of MH370," said Air Chief Marshal Angus
Houston, the chief coordinator for the Australian
operation.

The second piece of good news? Authorities
analyzed the signals picked up Saturday and
determined they weren't natural occurrences, but
likely came from specific electronic equipment.

"They believe the signals to be consistent with the
specification and description of a flight data
recorder," Houston said. "I'm now optimistic," he added, "we'll find the
aircraft or what's left of the aircraft in the not too
distant future, Signals getting weaker Wednesday is Day 33 in the search for Malaysia
Airlines Flight 370, which went missing March 8.

It
was carrying 239 people.