When Signal Black Box MH370 Confirmed , ' Bluefin 21 ' Ready to Dive

When Signal Black Box MH370 Confirmed , ' Bluefin 21 ' Ready to Dive

              A joint team from Malaysia Airlines MH370 seekers still tracing the signal allegedly came from the plane's black box at the bottom of the Indian Ocean . When it is confirmed , the next stage of the search is to send an unmanned ship is capable of diving called ' Bluefin 21 ' .

Monday ( 04/07/2014 ) , the depth of the ocean where the location of suspected black box is 4,500 feet . This range is still included in the Bluefin cruising at sea .

" Our capabilities are very limited on the air when the ship crashed to the deep ocean , " said Angus Houston , chief MH370 search combined team during a press conference in Perth , Australia .

" In the deep ocean , nothing can go faster , " he continued .

Currently , the Australian ship Ocean Shield still track the exact location of the black box . So far , they've discovered a consistent signal radiated around the western region of Perth .

A little note about the Bluefin 21 . Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ( AUV ) is shaped like a missile , is owned by Phoenix International . Bluefin Robotics Bluefin produced by a group of engineers formed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) .

Bluefin - 21 weighs 750 kg with a length of 4.93 meters . He fitted the side scanner sonar , underwater profiler , multibeam echosounder , and digital cameras . The robot is also equipped with a navigation system that accurately under water . Bluefin - 21 could dive hinga depth of 4,500 meters .

Bluefin Robotics on its website , adding that the Bluefin - 21 is used for offshore surveys , search and rescue , archeology and exploration , oceanography , mine countermeasures and search unexploded ordnance .