Malaysia Airlines plane was going faster than previously thought, meaning it would have run out of fuel sooner.
The Australian-led search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
has shifted 1,100km to the north-east after investigators calculated the
plane was going faster and using more fuel when it disappeared than
previously thought.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority
(Amsa) said the analysis was based on the plane's final radar contact
between the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca, and suggested the
plane would have burned more fuel in the opening stages of its flight.
It therefore would not have made it as far into the Indian Ocean before
running out of fuel and crashing.
Tony Abbott, the Australian
prime minister, said the "new and credible lead" had resulted in the
search area being shifted to an area of about 319,000 square kilometres
centred on a point 1,850km west of Perth.
Amsa said: "The Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organisation is retasking satellites to image the new area."
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