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BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhuanet) -- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)Friday dispatched aircraft to the sea area in the southern Indian Ocean for search andrescue after an Australian navy P-3 plane has failed to locate suspicious debris the daybefore.
To inquire about the latest development, Xinhuanet held an telephone interview with theirjournalist Zhang Xiaojun in Perth, Sydney. Following is the interview.
Xinhuanet: Where are you now?
Zhang Xiaojun: I am now at the RAAF Base Pearce near Perth, Australia, where the planessearching for the missing Malaysian plane take off. After yesterday’s fruitless search, fivemore planes were dispatched this morning. Now a lot of reporters are gathering in front ofthe base, waiting anxiously for the latest developments.
Xinhuanet: Is there any updates of the searching released by Australia?
Zhang Xiaojun: No more news as of now. There may be updates after the first batch ofsearching planes are back. Now we have contacted the Chinese Consulate General in Perth.The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong are loading with supplies in an emergency after arriving inPerth yesterday. It is reported that the ship will set off for the search operation thisevening.
Xinhuanet: If there is any latest news, which Australian department will announce it first?
Zhang Xiaojun: They are in coordination. According to sources from Canberra, AMSA willbe responsible for the latest media release. However, Australian army is releasing all thedata at present. Australia is to hold a press conference this afternoon, possibly a joint pressconference by related search and rescue department.
Xinhuanet: How does Australia divide its different departments for searching operation? Isit possible that Australia can confirm the debris on the spot once the debris was found inthe suspected sea areas?
Zhang Xiaojun: Australia announced that it had spotted suspected objects through satelliteimages. After several days of study, Australia announced that the objects are possiblyrelated to the missing Malaysian flight. Australia has dispatched aircraft to the suspectedsea areas mainly for positioning, because the satellite images were captured two days agoand suspected objects are also moving. Besides positioning, the searching aircraft will castdown some monitoring buoys. The black box will send some signals if the wreckage is frommissing Malaysian flight.
Australian warship "Success" is heading for the southern Indian Ocean, some merchantships are also en route to the area. The warships will locate the floating objects based onaircraft positioning and finally it will determine whether it is wreckage of missingMalaysian jet. Australia said that warship "Success" is well equipped and can determinethe debris on board.
（Editor：WangXin、Yao Chun）
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