Vessel Searching Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Turns Off Tracking System for Days

Vessel Searching Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Turns Off Tracking System for Days
A Malaysia Airlines plane prepares for landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur on July 21, 2014. Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A vessel that’s hunting Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing in March 2014, switched off its Automatic Identification System for more than three days, according to reports.

The system was disabled on the Seabed Constructor on Jan. 31, 10 days into the fresh search for the plane, and it wasn’t reconnected until several days later, according to Australia’s News Ltd. It means there are about 80 hours of time that are unaccounted for.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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