Current Event 7

Ellis, Ralph. “Flight 370: Search teams investigate sounds picked up in ocean.” CNN. Turner broadcasting system, 6 April 2014. Web. 6 April 2014 <http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/05/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/>.



After the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 there have been many different sounds that were picked up by ships in the Southern Indian Ocean. A Chinese ship claimed to get electronic signals twice which had many people hoping that it came from the planes little black box that is supposed to send out signals.


The flight consisted of 239 passengers and people searching have been very desperate to any type of leads as to where the plane may have ended up and if it is in one piece. A search that was conducted had ten military planes, two civil aircraft, and thirteen ships. Over the past month there have been many sightings of white objects floating and other leads but, still no plane.


This article relates to US History because we talk about world affairs and once again the US is in something that does not concern them. I think the event is very tragic.


I feel like it should not be hard to track a huge airplane that should have a tracker on it. This event affects me because I hate planes and this reinforces my reasons for not going on them.

Boddy, Simon. “98-0001 at Heathrow” Photograph. Wikimedia commons. Wikimedia, nd. Web. 6 April 2014 <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:98-0001_at_Heathrow_(8106011732).jpg>.


How does the structure of the text refine and support the author’s claim?

The structure of the the text supports the authors claims by reinforcing the importance of the things found. The author uses many quotes from officials that support her claims. The author says “The signal "is the standard beacon frequency" for the plane's cockpit voice recorder” (Ellis). The author uses that to prove that there is a chance that the sounds found could be important. Also the author uses facts about the search to support her claims of the search being “fevered”. The author uses facts such as telling us that 10 military planes, two civil aircraft and 13 ships will assist in Sunday's search for the airline. These facts help support the author claims of the search being “fevered”. The author support her claims by getting quotes from other people and by giving facts.