Investigators Suspect MH370's Black-Box Batteries Have Died: Report

The multinational flotilla scouring the seas to the west of Perth, Australia for signs of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have not heard any electronic pings from the plane's cockpit voice or data recorders since April 8, suggesting the batteries on these devices may have run out, according to a new report

Manufactured by Honeywell, battery-operated acoustic beacons attached to the black boxes were designed to send out electronic signals for about 30 days after entering the water. As of Sunday, it has now been 37 days since Flight 370, a Boeing 777-200, went missing during a late-night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8. Read more...