Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search now a total circus as officials say pings actually came from ping detector...

If you can believe it, the Indian Ocean area that has been intensely searched for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has now been declared a total bust. Why? Because the infamous "pings" detected there -- which we were repeatedly told came from the aircraft's battery-powered emergency broadcast device -- actually came from the ping detector used by the U.S. Navy.

You read that right: the pings were actually produced by the ping sensor, not the missing airplane, we're now being told.

This is according to Michael Dean, the Navy's deputy director of ocean engineering, as quoted on CNN (1) where he says:

Our best theory at this point is that (the pings were) likely some sound produced by the ship ... or within the electronics of the Towed Pinger Locator. Always your fear any time you put electronic equipment in the water is that if any water gets in and grounds or shorts something out, that you could start producing sound.

Sounds like some amazing technology: a pinger locator that randomly emits pings! I wonder if the U.S. Navy has also produced sonar detectors that emit random metallic banging noises. Full story...

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