MH370: black box-type signals picked up twice by Australia's Ocean Shield

Search chief says vessel's discovery is most promising lead, though not yet confirmation of the location of the plane

A signal consistent with transmissions from the black box flight recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight was picked up for more than two hours in the Indian Ocean, according to the head of Australias joint agency co-ordination centre.

In what may be one of the most promising leads yet in the search for the missing flight, the head of the Australian joint agency co-ordination centre, Angus Houston, announced on Monday that the Australian defence vessel Ocean Shield detected two separate signals within the northern part of the search area.

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source Guardian