More pings heard in search for flight MH2370

A ship searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet has detected two more underwater signals, raising hopes the wreckage of the plane will be spotted soon, the man in charge of the search said.

Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency co-ordinating the search for the missing Boeing 777 in the southern Indian Ocean, said the Australian navy’s Ocean Shield picked up the two signals in a sweep yesterday.