Drone Diving to Record Level in Malaysian Plane Search

A U.S. Navy deep-seadrone is diving to unprecedented depths to scour a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean floor for a missing Malaysian jetliner as the Malaysian government said it may use more remote-control submarines to help with the search. The Bluefin-21 and its "side scan" sonar has become the focal point of the search 2,000 kilometers [1,200 miles] west of the Australian city of Perth, where authorities believe Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 hit the ocean after...

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