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A second crewman on board an iron ore carrier anchored off the Pilbara coast since late March could be evacuated to Karratha Health Campus after a rapid test showed a positive result for COVID-19.
WA Health Minister Roger Cook confirmed the Aquagenie seafarer had returned a positive result on board the vessel but was yet to undergo PCR testing to rule out a false positive.
Health Minister Roger Cook said the matter was in the hands of AMSA.
KarrathaWestern-australiaAustraliaPilbaraAustralianRoger-cookWa-healthAustralian-marine-safety-authorityKarratha-health-campusMinister-roger-cookகர்ரதாImages which we are waiting to be released by the australian maritime safety authority, showing potential objects in the southern search zone. according to the associated press, one malaysian official claims that the images were photographed on friday. now, we should emphasize that just what these images show at this point remains unclear. also, there has been no confirmation, as of yet, whether or not the possible debris spotted by a chinese satellite last week off the coast of australia was a part of the missing boeing 777. the object, measuring approximately 72 feet by 42 feet was found along one of two possible routes that investigators theorized that flight 370 could have taken. another lead, one which investigators still feel is their strongest, came from australian prime minister, tony abbott, when he revealed thursday that two other similarly-sized objects, found floating in the ocean about 1,400 miles southwest of the city of perth.
ImagesObjectsAustralian-marine-safety-authorityAssociated-pressClaimsOne-malaysianSouthern-search-zoneOneDebrisPointPartSatelliteAnd we don t have the dimensions on that. but how does that relate to a 777? the wingspan for a 777 is about 200 feet across. so it is possible that we re looking at a piece of a wing, that we re looking at a piece of the fuselage. the tail, by the way, is 60 feet or so. that said, there is so much junk floating out there in the ocean, it s entirely possible it s something else. and i think is that you ve got to ask yourself, with all the time that s passed now, two weeks since this plane would have gone down, would you still have big pieces of the fuselage floating or would they have sunk at this point? i think that s a real, real problematic issue. back to you. great, nbc news correspondent, tom costello in washington, thank. now let s turn to nbc s ian williams in perth, australia. ian, what comes next in the search for the missing plane and how much of a factor will weather be? reporter: hi, jonathan. well, just a short while ago, the australian marine safety authority, which i
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