Day 33 — Two more signals

Australian officials said that two new "ping" signals had been detected in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. They have confirmed that the pulse signals in the southern Indian Ocean are from a man-made device and are not natural sounds from the sea. He said that he believes the Malaysian jet could be found
 within
 days.

The first signal, at 4:45pm Perth Time on Saturday, lasted 2 hours 20 minutes.

The second, at 9:27pm Saturday, lasted 13 minutes.

The third signal was picked up Tuesday at 4:27pm. That lasted 5 minutes 32 seconds.

The fourth,
at 10:17pm
Tuesday,
was 7
minutes
long.

Day 30 — Signals from Ocean Shield

The Australian defence vessel Ocean Shield detected two separate signals within the northern part of the search area. The first detection lasted two hours and 20 minutes, and the second lasted 13 minutes. Significantly this would be consistent with transmissions from both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. The vessel is continuing to monitor the area to relocate the signal.

Even with the black box batteries estimated to expire today, the International task force continues to search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, looking for any sign of the missing airliner.