Fresh hope as Oz vessel detects two more signals in search for missing MH370

Australian search vessel Ocean Shield has picked up two more signals from what could be the black box from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Angus Houston, head of the Australian-led search effort, said the vessel detected signals that are consistent with airplane locator beacons on two more occasions, adding that the search could be moving in the right direction.

According to CNN, these pulses, detected approximately 1,100 miles (1,750 kilometers) northwest of Perth, are consistent with those sent by a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, Houston added.

He said he now believed the search was closing in on the area of MH370's 'final resting place'.

The planned search area has been reduced over the past few days and now covers 75,000 square kilometers.

Houston said the Ocean Shield would be looking to pick up more transmissions which would help to better pinpoint where the signal was coming from, the report added.

Houston added that the signals have helped crew further define the search area, and he believed they are now closing in on the plane.

The signals are becoming weaker and Houston said that is most likely because the batteries are beginning to run out.

He added that the search for the missing jet is 'not far away' from deploying an autonomous underwater vehicle to conduct an underwater search, the report added.

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