The search area for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has shifted nearly 700 miles northeast due to a "new credible lead," Australia officials said at a Friday press conference. Martin Dolan, Chief Commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, said the search has "a long way to go yet."
The shift marks another setback in the three-week search, which was bolstered in previous days by satellite images showing possible debris.
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Further analysis of radar data revealed the plane was traveling faster than previously estimated, resulting in it burning more fuel and shortening the distance it could have traveled south into the Indian Ocean, officials said.
AMSA General Director John Young defended previous search efforts in the southern Indian Ocean, which have involved crews from six countries.
"This actually happens to us all the time," he said of the re-focused search. "New information will emerge out of sequence with the investigation itself."
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Three weeks of weather and currents have added difficulty to the search, Young said.
"There will be a significant amount of random dispersion of objects," Young said, "so the search area steadily gets bigger with time."
The shifting focus comes amid improved weather conditions, with 10 aircraft and six ships slated to participate in today's search. Thursday's search efforts were scaled back to the heavy winds and rain.
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The jetliner was carrying 239 people when it disappeared March 8.
Relatives of the passengers remain devastated. Malaysia Airlines group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya addressed the tragedy in a separate statement today.
"Ever since the disappearance of Flight MH370, Malaysia Airlines' focus has been to comfort and support the families of those involved and support the multi-national search effort. We will continue to do this, while we also continue to support the work of the investigating authorities," the statement reads.
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