This Monday , after more than a month Malaysia Airlines MH370 lost , the Joint Coordination Center ( JACC ) announced the deployment of an unmanned underwater vehicle Bluefin - 21 to the bottom of the Indian Ocean , reports the Sydney Morning Herald today .
Deploying Bluefin - 21 is done after JACC Chairman Air Marshal ( retired ) Angus Houston revealed that yesterday (Sunday ) have been found around the area of the oil spill underwater search and the oil samples have been sent to investigators for analysis .
"The source of the oil it must be determined beforehand , '' said Houston . '' But this oil spill of approximately 5,500 meters downwind and under the sea around the ping signals detected tracking device ( black box pings ) Anchored on ( ship ) Ocean Shield . "
Black box tracking device managed to capture four pings are believed to come from the black box MH370 had been laid to rest on Monday in order to give a chance to digelarkannya Bluefin - 21 .
According to the manufacturer , the Bluefin - 21 can operate at a maximum depth of 4.5 kilometers , and can explore the maximum speed of 4.5 knots or less than 9 miles per hour .
Each mission would require Bluefin - 21 for at least 24 hours , with only 16 hours in the ocean floor , said Houston .
Can create a 3D surface imaging using a scanning sonar , Bluefin - 21 can explore an area of 40 square kilometers on the first day of operation .
It takes two hours to reach the bottom of the ocean these rides and 16 hours in the ocean floor to perform a search , before returning to the surface within two hours .
Then , it took four hours to download a vehicle 's data detected from the ocean floor in order to be analyzed by a team of 10 U.S. contractors who were on the ship Ocean Shield .
Bluefin - 21 will digelarkan on two areas that have analyzed the experts as a place where the ping - ping black box is found , the operation of an extensive underwater search , said Capt. Mark Matthews of the U.S. Navy .
He said the Bluefin - 21 operators will seek a dark image on a monochromatic photo at the bottom of the ocean .
" They will see things that seem abnormal , ie man-made forms . We 've received a number of indications that we are getting clues promise that we will pursue, " said Captain Matthews was quoted as saying Sydney Morning Herald
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