(CNBC) Two new “ping” signals have been detected in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian officials said on Wednesday.
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who is in charge of Australia’s search for the ill-fated flight, aid one ping was detected on Tuesday afternoon and lasted five minutes, 25 seconds, while a second was picked up on Tuesday night and lasted seven minutes.
On the weekend, a U.S. Navy “towed pinger locator” picked up two signals consistent with black box locator beacons – the first for more than two hours and the second for about 13 minutes.
