TOWSON, Maryland March 28, 2014 - For the first time search planes looking for debris of a missing Malaysian Jumbo Jet with 239 people aboard have photographed debris suspected of being from the Boeing Jet. Before today, all photographic images have come from earth-orbiting satellites. When authorities attempted to corroborate the satellite images by having planes fly over the place scene by satellite, no objects were seen. That changed today.
Reuters reported Friday afternoon, Eastern Standard Time, that search planes have photographed numerous objects of differing shapes, sizes and colors. "Photographic imagery of the objects was captured and will be assessed overnight," the Australian Maritime and Safety Authority (AMSA) said in a statement quoted by Reuters. "The objects cannot be verified or discounted as being from MH370 until they are relocated and recovered by ships."
The search planes were flying over a new zone of the southern Indian Ocean identified by Australian authorities after getting new calculations and information from Malaysia, where the flight originated. The new data and information was generated after authorities deduced that the missing jet flew at a faster speed during the first hour of the flight than originally calculated. That higher speed would have used more fuel than first thought, and would result in the jet running out of fuel sooner. The new search zone is approximately 700 miles north of the area where the searchers had been concentrating.
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