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A brief news cut in the Oz Aviation's short haul section puts down the outrageous UK tabloid claims that Sonar pics (taken back in January) could be from MH370:

MH 370 : Canberra rejects UK sonar claims  

• by: SHORTHAUL
  
• From: The Australian
  
• August 14, 2015 12:00AM
  

THE federal government has dismissed British media reports suggesting that sonar images of box-like shapes in the Indian Ocean have revealed aircraft debris from missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft MH 370. A spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said the “Classification 3” images were old and had been discounted months ago. More than 400 features have been identified in the this category, which is the lowest, and is assigned to sonar images that are of some interest as they stand out from their surroundings but have low probability of being significant to the search. A wing component known as a flaperon found on La Reunion Island on July 29 has been identified by Malaysian officials as part of the missing aircraft but this has yet to be confirmed by tests in France. Meanwhile more than half of the expanded 120,000sq km area most likely to contain the wreckage has so far been searched.

  
I still find it 'passing strange' that DPM Farmer Truss is handling this, surely it is the domain of the ATSB to handle media enquiries on any developing MH370 stories...

Maybe he is just holding the fort until Beaker gets back from wining, dining & sunning himself in the lovely Toulouse...

MTF...P2