Missing MH370 new search area announced

Australian authorities have announced a new search area for the missing Malaysian plane.
The search will now shift south to focus on an
area 1,800km (1,100 miles) off the west coast of
Australia, Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss
confirmed.
Flight MH370 vanished en route from Kuala
Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March with 239
passengers on board.
A 64-page report released by the Australian
government concluded that the underwater
search for the plane should resume in the new
60,000 sq km area.
An extensive search of the ocean floor was
conducted in April after several acoustic pings,
initially thought to be from the plane's flight
data recorders, were heard. However, officials
now believe the pings were not caused by the
plane.
Officials believe the plane was on autopilot when it crashed.
"It is highly, highly likely that the aircraft was on
autopilot otherwise it could not have followed
the orderly path that has been identified
through the satellite sightings,"
Martin Dolan from the Australian Transport
Safety Bureau is quoted by AFP.