Airbus Defence and Space mobilized five of its...

Airbus Defence and Space mobilized five of its satellites to help the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared March 8. Satellites, including Pleiades 1A and Spot 5, are taking images of the search zone, Airbus said in a press release (http://bit.ly/1cRNThY). All the data collected is analyzed by the company’s maritime experts and provided to the Malyasian Remote Sensing Agency, it said. Its radar satellite TerraSAR-X can identify layers of hydrocarbon as well as oil slicks or metallic objects floating in the sea, it said.