Chinese ship finds ‘pulse signal’

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail takes off from Perth Airport to conduct search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Source: AP

THERE are reports that a Chinese patrol ship has discovered a "pulse signal" in the southern Indian Ocean while searching for debris from missing flight MH370.

According to China's Xinhua News Agency, the ship, Haixum 01, detected a signal with a frequency of 37.5 kilohertz per second.

The reported discovery comes as the batteries powering the black box from the plane are expected to expire as early as Monday.

The president of pinger manufacturer Dukane Seacom has confirmed that this is the "standard beacon frequency" of both black boxes on MH370 — the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder.

Haixun 01 picked up the signal at about 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Shanghai-based Xinmin Evening News cited its reporter on board the patrol ship as reporting that the ship's crew had "basically confirmed" that the signal was from the missing Boeing 777-200.

MH370? ... A Chinese vessel has picked up a pulse signal at 25 degrees South, 101 degrees East. Could it be MH370? Source: Supplied

However, experts have cautioned that the same signal could come from "a variety of things".

"It could be a false signal," oceanographer Simon Boxall told CNN. "We've had a lot of red herrings, hyperbole on this whole search."

The media office of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said the could not say anything about the signal or whether it had come from MH370.

"We are unable to verify any such information at this point in time," the office said.

It has been nearly a month since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared en route to Beijing on March 8 with 239 people on board.

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