Hours after the Chinese vessel Haixun 01 detected a ping in the southern Indian Ocean, a second similar signal was picked up, which the Australian authorities believe, is "consistent" with signals emitted by a black box. Amid intensifying search efforts to find the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australian officials, who are spearheading the operations, have said the latest detection is an "important and encouraging lead". "This morning we were contacted by the Chinese authorities and advised that Haixun 01 had late yesterday afternoon redetected the signals for 90 seconds within just two kilometres of the original detection," said retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who leads the search team.
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