Southern Indian Ocean

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  7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Southern Indian Ocean: USGS

  A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the southern Indian Ocean Saturday, but there was no indication of a destructive tsunami and unlikely to be any casualties or damage, US seismologists said.

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  MH370 Families Reject Malaysia's Conclusion on Plane Debris

  An MH370 families organisation said today it would not accept the Malaysian government's declaration that wreckage found on an island in the Indian Ocean came from the ill-fated flight until more "conclusive" analysis is completed.

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  Confirmation of MH370 Debris Does Little to Dispel Theories

  Confirmation that a wing flap found on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is unlikely to put an end to wildly diverse theories about one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation.

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  Australia Plays Down MH370 Luggage Link

  Australian MH370 search chiefs today played down any link between part of a bag discovered on the French island of La Reunion and the doomed flight.

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  Malaysia Says Almost Certain Debris Found Off Madagascar Is From a Boeing 777

  Malaysia is "almost certain" that plane debris found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777, the deputy transport minister said today, heightening the possibility it could be wreckage from missing Flight MH370.

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  Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search Finds Uncharted Shipwreck

  The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has uncovered a previously uncharted shipwreck, leading officials to say Wednesday that if the plane is in their search zone they will find it.

• Australia Says MH370 Survey Ships Making Progress

  Two ships surveying the sea floor where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is thought to have crashed are making steady progress with a deep-water search to get underway in September, Australian authorities said Thursday.

• Searchers Undecided Who Will Pay for Airliner Hunt

  Countries searching for the missing Malaysian plane have yet to agree on how to share costs, an Australian search leader said Tuesday.

• Finding MH370 Impossible Without New Leads: Australian Expert

  An Australian deep sea expert said on Friday that finding the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be "virtually impossible" without new clues.

• Damaged Underwater Vehicle for MH370 Hunt Reaches Port

  The ADV Ocean Shield and the Bluefin-21 have been deployed for the ongoing search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia.

• Planes and ships involved in Malaysia jet search

  An intense search is underway in the southern Indian Ocean for signs of debris from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed into the sea after it went missing on March 8.

• Satellite clue ends wild theories, hope for MH370

  Over an extraordinary 17 days and nights, until the moment Malaysia's prime minister stepped to a lectern to deliver investigators' sobering new findings, the fate of vanished Flight 370 hung on morbid conjecture and fragile hope.

• Malaysia says evidence of final 'ping' from MH370 at 0019 GMT

  Satellite data that confirmed a Malaysian jetliner missing for more than two weeks crashed in the Indian Ocean included a final electronic signal that is still being investigated, Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Tuesday.

• US Navy deploys 'black box' locator after Malaysia plane leads

  The US Navy said on Monday it was sending a black box locator to an area of the southern Indian Ocean being scoured for the missing Malaysian jet, following a cluster of weekend debris sightings.

• Australia 'clutching' at MH370 leads after new data

  Australia said on Monday that French satellite data indicating floating objects possibly linked to missing Flight MH370 related to an area outside the current search zone, while admitting to "clutching" at every piece of new information.