In search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, aircraft detects another signal

PERTH, Australia, April 10 (UPI) -- Australian officials announced Thursday evening that another signal has been detected in the now-reduced search area for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's black box transponder.

10 military aircraft, four civilian aircraft, and 13 ships combed a 57,923 square kilometer area of the Indian Ocean throughout the day.

Angus Houston, the chief coordinator for Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Center and retired Air Chief Marshal, announced Thursday evening: "whilst conducting an acoustic search this afternoon a RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft has detected a possible signal in the vicinity of the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield." The Ocean Shield has U.S. Navy equipment aboard to locate the black box transponder and a submersible to explore beneath the ocean

Houston noted that the acoustic data would be analyzed overnight.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared March 8 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

[Joint Agency Coordination Center]