Australia Detects new Signals from Malaysian Plane

An Australian navy ship has detected new signals ‘consistent’ with aircraft black boxes, a senior official said Monday as the hunt for missing Malaysian flight MH370 went on. “The towed pinger locator deployed from the Australian defence vessel Ocean Shield has detected signals consistent with those emitted from aircraft black boxes,” Angus Houston, the former Australian defence chief who is leading the search coordination body, said, emphasising that further confirmation was needed. -Samaa