Breaking -122 objects spotted in Indian Ocean are 'most credible lead yet'

[malaise]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/26/mh370-objects-indian-ocean-credible-lead
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Satellite imagery showing more than 122 possible objects floating in a patch of the southern Indian Ocean offers the most credible lead yet in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner, the country's transport minister has said.

The items, estimated to measure between one and 23 metres, were spotted close to where Chinese and Australian aircraft earlier sighted possible debris, Hishammuddin Hussein added.

Extra vessels and aircraft arrived in the search zone – around 1,500 miles (2,500km) south-west of Perth – on Wednesday, as crews resumed work after gale-force winds and heavy rain forced them to leave the area. But forecasters warned the multinational hunt might have to be suspended again on Thursday because of gales and storms.
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PHEW!! Closure is coming for these poor people

[snooper2]

1. exactly 122, not 121, not 123, one hundred and twenty two

[JHB]

5. More precisely: They ran an image analysis of the satellite data...

...and the output was 122 areas that didn't fit the parameters it was given for "it's just water, ignore it".

Thus, "122 possible objects".

[Beacool]

2. I hope that they find the plane sooner rather than later.

It must be torture for the families not knowing what happened to their loved ones.

[MoonRiver]

3. Hope this amounts to something.

I really don't understand why there aren't a lot of giant ships cruising that area 24/7. Maybe a few aircraft carriers would be helpful too. Guess I'm just dense, but why, if we were able to send humans to the moon, we can't get to this area of the Indian Ocean???

[HooptieWagon]

4. Its a huge area to search.

Its not that ships cant get there, its thats its searching for a needle in a haystack. There are 100s of thousands of square miles to search, made more difficult by rough seas and high winds.

[chrisa]

6. -122 objects? Did someone divide by zero again?