MH370 Detected OIL slick

Oil slick detected in MH370 search area, says Aussie official

April 14, 2014

The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) vessel Hai Xin 01 is seen from a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2 Orion aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean, as the search continues for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Australian officials leading the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean are weighing when to deploy an underwater robot to aid in the hunt. – Reuters pic, April 14, 2014.The head of the Australian agency supervising the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane said today that an oil slick had been detected in the search area for  flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean.
"I can report that (Australian ship) Ocean Shield detected an oil slick yesterday evening in her current search area," Angus Houston said.

He also said that the autonomous underwater vehicle would soon be deployed, moving the search underwater after nearly six weeks of fruitless searching.
Houston added that although an oil slick was located in the search area on Sunday evening, he was pessimistic about the likelihood of finding any of the floating debris.

"I stress the source of the oil is yet to be determined but the oil slick is approximately 5,500m downwind... from the vicinity of the detections picked up by the towed-pinger locator on Ocean Shield," he said.

It would be a number of days before the oil could be conclusively tested ashore, but Houston said he did not think it was from a search vessel.
"The chances of any floating material being recovered have greatly diminished and it will be appropriate to confer with Australia's partners to decide the way ahead later this week," Houston said.
Searchers are confident they know the approximate position of wreckage of the Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRO), some 1,550km northwest of Perth, and are moving ahead on the basis of four acoustic signals they believe are from its black box recorders.

"Despite the lack of further detections, the four signals previously acquired taken together constitute the most promising lead we have in the search for MH370," Houston told reporters in Perth.

"The experts have, therefore, determined that the Australian Ocean Shield will cease searching with a towed-pinger locator later today and deploy the autonomous underwater vehicle, 'Bluefin-21', as soon as possible," he said, referring to the United States navy device designed to detect the tell-tale "pings".
The US-made Bluefin-21, a 4.93m-long sonar device will now scour the seabed.

The sonar device, which weighs 750kg, can operate at a depth of up to 4,500m – roughly the depth of the ocean floor where the pings were detected.

Houston said that in the hunt for the plane's black box transmissions the last signal was logged six days ago.

"We haven't had a single detection in six days so I guess it's time to go underwater," he said.
The batteries in the plane's black box are now a week past their 30-day expected life and searchers will be relying on sonar and cameras on the Bluefiun-21 to detect the box.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared soon after taking off on March 8 from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board. – Agencies, April 14, 2014.

'Flor de la Mar'

 

Harta Karun Di Pulau Nangka Milik Sultan Mahmud?

Diterbitkan: Isnin, 14 April 2014 8:58 AM

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MELAKA: Antara teori mengenai harta karun yang ditanam di Pulau Nangka itu bahawa ia mungkin merupakan sebahagian daripada kekayaan yang disimpan oleh sultan terakhir Kesultanan Melayu Melaka, Sultan Mahmud.
Sultan Mahmud dikatakan membawa sebahagian besar jongkong emas daripada diambil Portugis yang menakluk Melaka pada tahun 1511, dan selama berabad-abad, menerusi kisah yang dirahsiakan namun masih tidak luput sehingga ke hari ini.
Buku-buku sejarah mengatakan Sultan Mahmud cuba menawan semula Melaka tetapi tidak berjaya beberapa kali, mungkin kerana kekayaan yang masih ditinggalkan Baginda.
Menurut pakar sejarah Portugis pada abad ke-16, Portugis Fernao Lopes de Castanheda berhubung penaklukan tersebut, tentera yang menawan bandar itu tidak dapat mencari kekayaan Sultan itu.
Apa yang mereka cari adalah emas dalam bentuk jongkong, sutera, lakuer dan porselin.
Beliau menulis: "Mereka begitu marah bahawa Raja (Sultan) telah membawa segala khazanah, dan menuntut bela dengan membakar kediaman Raja (istana Sultan).
"Gabenor (Alfonso d' Albuquerque) memohon maaf di atas perbuatan yang melampaui batas itu, terutama apabila beliau mengetahui khazanah yang terkandung di istana tersebut.
Beliau yang memberi perintah untuk memadamkan api tetapi sudah terlambat keranan istana itu sudah hangus terbakar."
Apabila bangunan Dewan Undangan Negeri yang lama di Bukit St Paul sedang dibina pada 1960, runtuhan struktur lama dipercayai merupakan peninggalan istana, ditemui. Kira-kira 7,000 serpihan tembikar ditemui di kawasan itu.
Menurut catatan sejarah, harta yang diambil Albuquerque menggunakan kapal 'Flor de la Mar' adalah peti emas, permata, meja emas, pelbagai jenis batu permata, dua patung singa tembaga dan gelang sakti milik Raja Sabandar, yang hanya sebahagian kecil daripada kekayaan Sultan.
Bagaimanapun, sumber kekayaan yang dibawa menerusi 'Flor de la Mar' itu hilang apabila kapal tersebut karam dalam kejadian ribut di luar Sumatera pada Disember 1511.
Sejak itu, terdapat banyak percubaan untuk mencari kapal karam dan harta karun itu.
Terbaharu apabila usaha berkenaan dilakukan oleh seorang bekas ahli politik.