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succeeded in locating two points around the time            ?弦???潛嚗?銝€甈⊥????Y??瘜a??訾撮
of the aircraft? disappearance. However, the          ??對?銝衣銝€???€€遢?弦?勗??蜓雿€sama
researchers could not be certain that the discovery    Kadri銵函內嚗€洵銝€?其遢憟賢??舐?€???偌?Z€?嚗洵鈭
had any real association with the plane. ?ust like    隞賢??舐???脣瘞渲ㄐ嚗?摮?銝€鈭征瘞???征瘞??蝯???in a busy restaurant, it gets more and more difficult  瘞湧嚗洵銝隞賢?隡潭銵?瘞渡撓摨?◤???活瘜U€€?[3]
to pick up individual voices as the noise in the room
gets louder,??they write in the study. That said, the       ?擃???脫郭?單?漲瘥??餌???敹恬??嗉瘜W
team have passed all the information acquired to       瘚瑟??單??摰€???€€?閫€撖瘜Y??嚗?蝛嗡犖??the authorities [1].                                   ?臭誑隡啗??脫郭?單???g?敺€?箏?靘???雿蔭??
     While it remains uncertain whether the method            ?弦??銋????券蝳迫?貉岫撽?蝝?蝜镼踵噫撌?could offer assistance regarding the MH370                   瘚瑕硫?偌?賢?豢??€?瘞游?暻亙?憸刻◤?其??菜葫?豢葫
incident, researchers believe that the technique
can open up a wide range of possible                                  閰虫??剁?雿??漲?賣?嗉??瘜U€??
applications. It can be used to locate                                 ???拍?蝛嗅???箸?餈?啣漲瘣???圈?
items that might have fallen into the
ocean, such as meteorites, satellites and                                ????雿蔭嚗?蝣箏漲鈭虫誘鈭箸遛???榆蝝
even debris of aircrafts. It can also be                                   100??50?祇?嚗?[1]??used to locate underwater explosions
and the epicenter of earthquakes [1].                                          ???弦????撣?敺?游???                                                                        ??MH370嚗收?芸恥璈?隞塚?????隞亙?賊?
 瘥€W????????€蜇??                                                                               鈭箏?∪翰?曉鈭辣??樴?€?蝛嗅?
???喲?瘞渲ㄐ????瘝??喳???                                                             ????啣??憌?瘨仃???貉????€憭蕭頩文??€脫偌鋆∠?蝣箏祕雿蔭??                                                              閮?嚗?隞€??芾蝣箏???暹?血?
???g??韏瑚???銝?降嚗???                                                              擐祈摰X????胯€???弦?勗?鋆∟圾
??€銵??箇嚗€?賣??臭?隞嗆?憒?                                                             ?牧嚗€停???擛抒?擗輒嚗銝€?
????鈭€?                                                                       ?寧??脫答???之嚗??賢???喃噶
                                                                            ??圈?€?蝞∪?甇歹??弦??撌脫?敺
     ?€餈??∟羲憭怠之摮貊??弦鈭箏?鈭?                                                  ????訾漱蝯行??犖??[1]??蝔格瘜??????拐辣??瘚瑟?銵券??箇?
?脫郭嚗隞交?蝣箏?曉?拐辣?€脫絲瘣?雿蔭???€?                                         ??€??仿??弦????衣????拐?隞嗉矽
                                                       ?伐?雿?摮詨振?訾縑嚗€車?€銵??鈭箏€葆靘?撠????     ?車?脫郭??脤??郭??拐辣??瘞湧嚗偌憯??嗉?                          摰隞亥◤?其??曉?€脫偌鋆∠??拐辣??蝵殷?霅砍??舀??賜?????靘踵??Y??粹€車?脫郭??閮€銋?瞏???€控瘜亙?€誑                           ?喋€?????舫?璈??€甈∴?摰隞亥◤?其??X葫瘞游????喲??喳??嗡?銵?瘚瑟?銵券?擃??賣??Y??脤??郭?€?                            ?詨??圈??亢??蝵?[1]??鈭?嗥???脫郭?臭誑?脤?€漲?圈??訾誑?掖瘛梁?瘚瑟?瘛???璈怨楊?琿??訾誑?曉??????[1] [2]??????交                         *	 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, carrying 239 people,
???脤??郭嚗隞乩蝙?冽偌?賢嚗漲?單瘞游?暻亙?憸具€?                                                             disappeared on 8 March 2014 when it was en route to Beijing
     撠?銝??€車?唳?銵??脩?瘛瑟??蝝€??澆閮?                                from Kuala Lumpar. Despite extensive searches of the Indian
銝行?嗅?撠?靘?閮?嚗??X葫瘚瑟?銝剔??拚?嚗??函??脤                                   Ocean floor, the main wreckage has not been found. This
?餌??望活?脫郭?啗??脫郭銝?嚗€??舫?摨西??瘜U€?                                     incident has become one of the biggest mysteries in aviation
                                                             history.
     ?典祕撽銝哨??∟羲憭怠之摮貊??弦??敺???摨血?雿蔭                                頛? 239 ??摰Y?擐砌?镼蹂??芰征摰?璈?MH370 ??2014 撟??? ?亦
??8??擃??脖??偌蝻賂??嗅??拍瘞渲?典?X葫??                                  ???⊿?敺€?漪?葉瘨仃??蝞∪摨行?瘚瑕?撌脰◤敺孵??揣嚗矽?乩犖????瘜?[1] [2]??                                                隞?賢??恥璈?撉詻€?隞嗆??箄蝛箸風?脖??€憭抒?雓?銋???
References ?€???
[1] Underwater sound waves help scientists locate ocean impacts. Cardiff University News (2017). Retrieved from http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/

    news/view/981858-underwater-sound-waves-help-scientists-locate-ocean-impacts

[2] Kadri, U., Crivelli, D., Parsons, W., Colbourne, B., Ryan, A. Rewinding the waves: tracking underwater signals to their source. Scientific
    Reports (2017).

[3] Chu, J. Ocean sound waves may reveal location of incoming objects. MIT News (2017). Retrieved from http://news.mit.edu/2017/ocean-
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