The Mystery Of MH370

[rcfieldz]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/asia/m...rch-suspended/

It's been a little over 3 months since the search for the plane has ended. And now over 2 years since it went missing.
I was somewhat baffled that the logic used to search for the plane was based on an assumed flight plan. I would think they would have based the search on where the pieces were found and the currents that landed them there..?
But what do I know, In the article I posted, Australia's transport minister Darren Chester mentions a similar theory.

[Common Sense]

It's like finding a needle in a hundred haystacks.

[rcfieldz]

It's like finding a needle in a hundred haystacks.

Or a modern day Titanic?

[rcfieldz]

It's too bad they didn't have a record to look for it like this:
https://www.flightradar24.com/-2.05,101.02/5

[Max Rockatansky]

It's too bad they didn't have a record to look for it like this:
https://www.flightradar24.com/-2.05,101.02/5

It appears the pilot deliberately evaded radar coverage. Investigators wouldn't even have known what part of the ocean he was in if it wasn't for engine monitors transmitting via datalink.

[waltky]

Satellite photos show MH370's possible location...

Satellite photos give new clues to MH370's possible location
Aug. 16, 2017 -- Australian investigators have released reports highlighting satellite photographs that may show debris from a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed more than three years ago.

Imagery from a French military satellite appears to show dozens of pieces of debris floating on the surface of the Indian Ocean -- close to, but not in, the designated search zone. Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared as it traveled from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 people aboard.

Four satellite photos included in the Australian Transport Safety Bureau reports were taken two weeks after the plane disappeared, prior to the ATSB's involvement in the search. "Clearly we must be cautious. These objects have not been definitely identified as MH370 debris," ATSB Chief Commissioner Greg Hood said Wednesday. "Geoscience Australia identified a number of objects in the satellite imagery which have been classified as probably man-made. The image resolution is not high enough to be certain whether the objects originated from MH370 or are other objects that might be found floating in oceans around the world."

A satellite photo taken by the French military shows dozens of objects on the surface of the Indian Ocean in March 2014, which are possible remnants from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

The ATSB said it received the satellite photos in March and scrutinized them as part of a re-examination of MH370's disappearance. The search of a 9,600 square-mile area of the Indian Ocean was suspended in January. Debris that washed up on the east coast of Africa has been confirmed by authorities as likely parts from the missing plane. All 239 people on board are presumed dead, but it remains unclear what caused the aircraft to crash. A U.S. underwater exploration company has offered to search areas of the ocean not yet investigated.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...&utm_medium=20

[waltky]

Malaysia to release report on missing flight MH370 on July 30...


Malaysia to release report on missing flight MH370 on July 30
July 20, 2018 - Malaysia will release on July 30 a long-awaited report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the transport minister said on Friday.

In May, Malaysia called off a privately-funded underwater search for the aircraft, which became one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries when it vanished with 239 aboard en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. The investigation team would brief families of those aboard on the report at the transport ministry on July 30, said the minister, Anthony Loke. “Every word recorded by the investigation team will be tabled in this report,” he told reporters, adding that a news conference would follow the closed-door briefing. “We are committed to the transparency of this report,” Loke added. “It will be tabled fully, without any editing, additions, or redactions.”


The report will be put online, with hard copies distributed to families and accredited media, among others, Loke said, adding, “The whole international community will have access to the report.” Voice 370, a group representing the relatives, has previously urged the Malaysian government for a review of the flight, including “any possible falsification or elimination of records related to MH370 and its maintenance”. The only confirmed traces of the Boeing 777 aircraft have been three wing fragments washed up on Indian Ocean coasts.


The search Malaysia called off on May 29, by U.S.-based firm Ocean Infinity, covered 112,000 sq km (43,243 sq miles) in the southern Indian Ocean within three months, ending with no significant new findings. It was the second major search after Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless A$200-million ($147.06 million) search across an area of 120,000 sq km (46,332 sq miles) last year. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said Malaysia would consider resuming the search if new clues came to light.


($1=1.3600 Australian dollar


https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-so...-idUKKBN1KA0HG

[waltky]

MH370 not found after 300K-mile search...

Final report: No location for MH370 after 300K-mile search
Oct. 3, 2017 -- Despite more than 1,000 days of searching, the search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 has ended, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said on Tuesday.

In its final report, the ATSB noted that the underwater search mapped nearly 300,000 miles of Indian Ocean sea floor. The search for the plane lasted from March 2014 until January 2017, making it one of the largest searches of its type in aviation history. The challenge for investigators was the limited amount of data they had to work, with including some aircraft performance information and satellite communication metadata, data found during the underwater search, and long-term drift studies to trace the origin of MH370 debris. Data from the plane's location was limited because no transmissions were received from the aircraft after the initial 40 minutes of flight. Automatic detection systems were unable to transmit the plane's position after this time, further limiting investigators.

Crew members aboard the Australian Navy ship HMAS Success watch as a helicopter participates in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles off the coast of Perth, Australia.

In 2015 and 2016, debris from MH370 was found on the shores of Indian Ocean islands and near the east African coastline. The debris gave investigators and scientists significant new evidence that allowed them to pinpoint the exact area where the plane may have ended its flight. "The underwater search area was located up to 2,800 km west of the coast of Western Australia and the prevailing weather conditions in this area for much of the year are challenging," the report said. "Crews on the search vessels were working for months at a time in conditions which elevated the operational risks." Of 661 areas of interest identified as locations for the crash, 82 were thoroughly investigated.

Although the understanding of where MH370 may be located is better now than it has ever been and despite the efforts of investigators, the aircraft still hasn't been located. "The reasons for the loss of MH370 cannot be established with certainty until the aircraft is found," the report said. "It is almost inconceivable and certainly societally unacceptable in the modern aviation era with 10 million passengers boarding commercial aircraft every day, for a large commercial aircraft to be missing and for the world not to know with certainty what became of the aircraft and those on board."

Out of 661 areas identified, 82 of the most promising were thoroughly searched. Despite 1,000 days of search efforts, the aircraft carrying 239 people has not been found.

Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was lost from a flight from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Beijing in China. The Boeing 777 was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members. It was thought to have blown off course and crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. In 2017, Malaysia Airlines said it has become the first carrier to enlist to a satellite flight tracking system that will monitor the location of company's fleet worldwide.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...&utm_medium=11

[waltky]

Someone deliberately 'manipulated’ MH370’s controls...

MH370 report says someone deliberately 'manipulated’ plane’s controls30 July,`18 - Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was likely steered off course deliberately by someone and flew over the Southern Indian Ocean for over seven hours after communications were severed, according to a safety report into the disaster released Monday.

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The report by a 19-member international team provided no firm conclusions about what happened, and the head of the MH370 safety investigation team said that more definitive answers could come if the plane's wreckage and black boxes are found. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished March 8, 2014, and is presumed to have crashed in the far southern Indian Ocean. The report noted that it was difficult for the aircraft's course change to be attributed to mechanical or system failures. "It is more likely that such maneuvers are due to the systems being manipulated," the report said.

Malaysia issues a safety investigation report with detail analysis after a renewed search by a private U.S. firm for missing Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean ended two months ago without finding the wreckage.

Officials said Monday's report is still not a final accounting because the plane hasn't been found. Malaysia's government has said it is open to resume searching if credible evidence of the plane's location emerges. The "rogue pilot" theory still arises in public discussions despite Malaysian authorities saying there was no evidence linking Zaharie or Hamid to any wrongdoing. Kok said it was "human nature" to speculate on sensational conspiracy theories but that the team relied on facts. Authorities retrieved over 2,700 coordinates from various file segments found in Zaharie's home flight simulator. This included seven "manually programmed waypoint coordinates" that when linked could fly from the Kuala Lumpur airport to the southern Indian Ocean, but police could not determine if the coordinates were found in a single file or from different files, he said.
​​ Police didn't find any data that showed a similar route flown by Flight 370 and concluded that there were "no unusual activities other than game-related flight simulations," Kok said.

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[Peter1469]

The simple and that the pilot did it deliberately is the most likely.

Someone deliberately 'manipulated’ MH370’s controls...

MH370 report says someone deliberately 'manipulated’ plane’s controls30 July,`18 - Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was likely steered off course deliberately by someone and flew over the Southern Indian Ocean for over seven hours after communications were severed, according to a safety report into the disaster released Monday.

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