Search crews will, for the first time, send a sub deep into the Indian Ocean to try and determine whether signals detected by sound-locating equipment are from the missing Malaysian plane’s black boxes, it was announced today.

Malaysia’s government has begun investigating civil aviation and military authorities to determine why opportunities to identify and track Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were missed in the chaotic hours after it vanished, two officials said.

A search crew hunting for the missing Malaysian jet has located a new possible underwater signal, an Australian official says.

Search crews in the Indian Ocean have failed to pick up more of the faint underwater sounds that may have been from the missing Malaysian jetliner’s black boxes.

Search crews hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet have failed to relocate faint sounds heard deep below the Indian Ocean said to have been consistent with a plane’s black boxes.

US Navy equipment has picked up signals consistent with the pings from aircraft black boxes, an Australian search official said today.

Australia sent planes and ships to investigate signals detected by a Chinese ship in the hunt for a missing Malaysian jet, saying they matched black box beacons and were an “important and encouraging lead”.

Searchers hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are racing to a patch of the southern Indian Ocean to determine whether a few brief sounds picked up by underwater equipment came from the jet’s black boxes.

Electronic pulse signals reportedly detected by a Chinese ship in the southern Indian Ocean are consistent with those of an aircraft black box, the Australian-led joint agency co-ordinating the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner said.

The Chinese State news agency has said a Chinese patrol vessel has discovered a pulse radio signal in the Indian Ocean.

A US navy “black box” detector made its debut in the hunt for flight MH370 but Australia’s search chief warned it was crunch time as the box’s signal is set to expire soon.

Crews searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet launched a targeted underwater hunt for the plane’s black boxes, with just days left before the devices’ batteries are expected to run out.

Malaysia’s prime minister has said the search for the missing airliner will not stop until answers are found, as his Australian counterpart called it “the most difficult in human history”.

Malaysia’s prime minister has arrived at the Australian air force base serving as a hub for the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Investigators are conducting a forensic examination of the final recorded conversation between ground control and the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 before it went missing three weeks ago, the Malaysian government said.

A cluster of orange objects spotted by a search plane hunting for any trace of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet turned out to be nothing more than fishing equipment, Australian officials have said.

An Afghan soldier shot dead his Australian mentor at a guard tower in Afghanistan, an official said today.

An Australian soldier was killed in Afghanistan during a Taliban rocket attack, the Australian Defence Department said today.

WITH the economic slowdown, the entertainment business is also feeling the pinch. But one music venue is bucking the trend.

Australia’s army chief said one soldier was killed and another was missing and presumed dead after an army Black Hawk helicopter crashed off Fiji, where the navy was positioned to evacuate Australians in the event of a coup.

Scores more foreign soldiers today landed in East Timor to bolster a force struggling to stop mob violence in the capital.

INDEPENDENCE hero and former guerrilla fighter President Xanana Gusmao yesterday urged warring factions to end the violence ripping through East Timor’s capital.

Independence hero and former guerrilla fighter President Xanana Gusmao today urged warring factions to end violence ripping through East Timor’s capital, while ex-soldiers whose rebellion triggered the broad mayhem offered peace talks.

Australian troops won’t be drawn into the conflict in East Timor as they attempt to restore peace and stability to the troubled island nation, the country’s defence chief said today.

Limerick’s Flat fixture on Thursday, September 2 will now take place on Tuesday, October 26, Horse Racing Ireland announced today.

LEOPARDSTOWN might have lost up to €500,000 in revenue yesterday but Limerick Racecourse enjoyed one of its best meetings ever.