Bluefin-21 robot submarine starts looking for black box MH370

Missing aircraft search teams MH370 brought a robot submarine for the first time to search.

Australian search leader Angus Houston said the US Navy Bluefin-21 unmanned submarine will be brought to the bottom of the Indian Ocean as soon as possible to find the black box of MH370.

Search teams are using a ping signal locator to detect signals from the black box of the missing plane on March 8 of Malaysia Airlines - Malaysia Airlines - along with 239 people on board. fly.

Unmanned submarine Bluefin-21

But since April 8, the search team has not been able to hear any new signals while worrying that the battery of the black box may be exhausted and is unlikely to find debris. of aircraft floating in the sea.

The current search depends on sophisticated American underwater equipment - Blue-fin 21. This automatic submarine will search at a depth of 4.5km on the seabed.

The searchers believed they knew about the location of the black box of the Boeing 777 with the number MH370 - about 1,550km northwest of Perth (Australia), and were approaching the position of the four signals. believe is from the black box MH370 emitted.

Since the black box battery may be depleted, searchers will rely solely on Bluefin-21's sound sensors and cameras.

Unmanned submarine Bluefin-21

The black box of the aircraft is a device that records data from the cockpit and conversations between the crew and can provide answers to what has happened to the missing plane MH370.

The Bluefin-21 robot will use its sophisticated sound sensor (sonar) to set up a detailed sound map of the area to be searched. If it detects the black box, it will be returned to take pictures in extremely low underwater lighting conditions.

Setting up a necessary picture from thousands of high-definition images in the dark under the sea can be a long and complicated task. Mr. Houston emphasized the depth and light conditions on the ocean floor.

Officials are currently focusing on searching for an average-sized city - 600 km ² - and say it may take months for the submarine robot to scan and map the entire search area. .