Chinese ships retrieve beacon in Malaysian jet search

Soldiers look into distance aboard Chinese navy vessel Jinggangshan, on March 31, 2014. A total of seven Chinese ships convened on Sunday in waters west of Australia's Perth to coordinate their search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. [PHOTO: Xinhua]

ABOARD JINGGANGSHAN: Two Chinese ships in search of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean retrieved a beacon late Tuesday, said an embedded Xinhua reporter.

The crews aboard Jinggangshan and Donghaijiu 101 told Xinhua that the beacon might be cast by aircraft involved in the hunt for the ill-fated Boeing 777 jetliner but confirmation was needed.