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Datuk Hamid Mohd Amin said this time, the search focused on the range of the location of the black box, based on the signal from the pinger.

Pasukan pencarian di Perth, tidak akan mengarahkan penggunaan sebarang kenderaan atau peralatan dasar laut, selagi satu lagi isyarat pinger berjaya dikesan.

Ahmad Jauhari Yahya confirmed that there is a maintenance programme whereby the batteries are replaced prior to its expiry.

Sebuah syarikat pengeluar 'pinger' memberitahu CNN, frekuensi itu adalah isyarat yang standard daripada kotak hitam atau secara khsusu perakam suara kokpit dan perakam data penerbangan.

A pinger manufacturer company told CNN, the frequency detected was the same as that used for black boxes.

The two ships and their towed-pinger equipment would be operating at significantly reduced speed to search depths of three thousand metres or more.

Najib said such technology was needed once the blackbox pinger battery ran out (in four days) and should the SAR team locate the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER.

Kapal ADV Ocean Shield milik Tentera Laut Diraja Australia hari ini sedang dipasang dengan pengesan kotak hitam dari tentera laut Amerika Syarikat.

The Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Ocean Shield, fitted with the pinger locator, will head out to search areas tomorrow afternoon to locate MH370's black box.

Armada Pasifik AS juga akan menggerakkan pengesan sonar 'Towed Pinger Locator Hydrophone' dan 'Bluefin-21' ke Perth