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Chinese Research Vessel Intercepted In Indonesian Waters; Hints At Underwater Ops
A Chinese survey ship was caught “running dark” in Indonesian waters without broadcasting its position through AIS, amid concerns of Beijing s maritime behavior
A Chinese government survey ship was caught “running dark” in Indonesian waters without broadcasting its position through AIS (Automated Information System), amid concerns of Beijing s maritime behaviour. This is the latest twist to China s ongoing naval invasion, which has also witnessed uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) discovered several times in Indonesia’s territorial waters.
The survey ship, Xiang Yang Hong 03 that left its base at Sanya, China, on the morning of January 6, was intercepted by the Indonesian Coast Guard near the Sunda Strait on January 11. All ships transiting the strategically important strait are required to broadcast their position on AIS. When confronted, the crew of Xiang Yang Hong 03
cockroaches. they just keep coming and coming. it s going to be difficult for them to take it down completely. deborah feyerick, many thanks. checking some other top stories. an underwater drone now back in u.s. hands after it was seized by china last week. the incident took place in international waters. where u.s. officials say the chinese navy took the drone from an unnamed survey ship. the pentagon, which caused the seizure, quote, unlawful, says its investigation is ongoing. search teams trying to recover the wreckage of malaysia flight 370 have likely been looking in the wrong place. that s the finding of a new report from the australian government. the report does not give a specific location for the plane so the country s transportation minister says the search area will not be extended unless new evidence surfaces. the search for mh-70 is due to end in the next few months. a tourist has been released from a new york city hospital after being stabbed just one day after
floor, once this mapping has been completed. the mapping of the ocean floor is currently engaging two vessels. the chinese survey ship and an australian contractor vessel. these are in the areas that have been identified by the atsb. it will take around three months to complete this mapping survey. but that gives crucial information about the nature of the sea floor terrain which make it possible to undertake the underwater search. i repeat that this area has never been comprehensively mapped previously. and so to put new equipment down into that area, without having a clear knowledge of what the sea floor is like certainly risks the operation and the capacity of that equipment to operate safely. now, we expect that the underwater search element will consequence in august and take
surveillance and operator of a drone. they will stay in chad until their help is no longer needed. the search is back on for flight 370. the bluefin-21 submersible was deployed earlier this morning. over the next week it will search the remaining areas before the depth limits with acoustic signals were detected. a chinese survey ship with work with australian officials to map the ocean floor for preparation for a deep ocean search. flight 370 vanished more than ten weeks ago. wow. all right. time to make a turn to politics. we have inside politics here on new day with mr. john king. plenty for you to discuss. we have a lot to discuss this morning. good morning to you. let s go right i side politics because there is a lot going on including the burgeoning scandal at department of veterans affairs. they re with me this morning, julie pace of the associated press and ron of the national journal. let s get to it. we have a blossoming scandal. deputy chief of staff is in
ship have been tracking on a converging course, this was the first course they were given by the crash investigators to tow these pingers. and the ocean shield appears to have located what may be the black boxes. if that is the case, this is an outstanding piece of detective work. and it s interesting, jeffrey, some analysts have said, that it was premature for them to share this information. with the public. what do you think of that? well, that is an interesting point. the global attention to this disappearance is tunprecedented and in the same way, we have not lost a airplane like this in modern times. you think it was a benign flight, and you don t get where