Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean according to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Monday night.
The new data had shown the plane’s last location was in the Southern Indian Ocean, southwest of Perth, Australia. "This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites" the prime minister said.
If you're curious about how deep Indian Ocean is, the image below might help you visualize.
Comparing the depth zone:
Indian Ocean is 3600m deep, it's 4 times the height of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
The US Navy ordered its specialized device to be sent out in the region to help find the plane's "black box" of flight and cockpit voice data. The high-tech device can locate black boxes as deep as 20,000 feet (6,060 meters), the US Seventh Fleet said in a statement. The search area ranges from 3,000-4,000 meters deep.
The move was taken to ensure that black box detection can start "as quickly as possible" after confirmed debris is found, it said. The 30-day signal from the black box is due to fail in less than two weeks.
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