This report provides an update to the MH370 search area definition, described in previous ATSB reports. For background information, please see the ATSB publications MH370 – Definition of underwater search areas, 18 August 2014 and Flight Path Analysis Update, 8 October 2014 under the tabs on this web page. Analysis of available data has been…
At least 30 places or objects of potential interest in the search for MH370 that have already been detected on the floor of the south Indian Ocean are about to be resurveyed by deeper, sharper sonar scans. In its weekly search update the JACC says checking the objects more closely now will speed up the…
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MALAYSIA – The Malaysian Prime Minister confirmed on Wednesday that the piece of wing found washed up on Reunion Island is indeed from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. In a press conference delivered by Malaysian PM Najib Razak, he expressed sincere grief for the families of the victims but did not give any details in how…
Three vessels involved in the current Phase One of the search operation for the missing flight MH370 have left the search location in the Indian Ocean, but two of them will return. The Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), which oversees the search, said GO Phoenix ceased the deep-sea operation on June 20, with its…
Bad weather is proving problematic for the search for MH370, with the latest blow being the damage of a system onboard a search vessel, forcing it to return to port for repairs. In an operational update, Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) says the supporting frame of GO Phoenix’s deep tow system was damaged whilst…
The original four ship sea floor search fleet looking for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is about to be halved to two. The latest search update found on the JACC and ATSB sites strikes a much more resigned tone that the cautiously optimistic commentary that came from the meeting between Malaysia, China…
Australia has stated that the underwater search for MH370 is unlikely to grow beyond the expanded 120,000km2 search area defined in April. Over 50,000km2 of the ocean floor has been searched. In April, the search area was doubled from 60,000km2 to 120,000km2. If the aircraft is not found in the enlarged area, the search will…
The search plan has been modified to enable continuous search operations during winter and to ensure that the entire 120,000 square kilometre area is searched as quickly and effectively as possible. The search into the expanded area has already commenced, with search efforts focused in the south to take advantage of the last of the…
Malaysia Airlines has put its entire fleet of six Airbus A380s up for sale, along with four Boeing 777-200ER jets, as the airline ramps up its efforts to wipe out millions of dollars in ongoing losses. Malaysia Airlines is said to be open to outright sale or lease, reports respected aviation industry site Leeham News.…
The plane disappeared without a trace in March last year but is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean off Australia’s west coast. Four vessels owned by Dutch engineering firm Fugro, equipped with sophisticated underwater drones, have searched more than 60 per cent of the previously unmapped 60,000-square-kilometre expanse of sea floor that has…