Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

The missing aircraft involved
The missing aircraft involved

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370[a] led to a multinational search effort in Southeast Asia and the southern Indian Ocean that became the most expensive search in aviation history.[2]

Despite delays, the search of the priority search area was to be completed around May 2015.[3] On 29 July 2015, a piece of marine debris, later confirmed to be a flaperon from Flight 370, was found on Réunion Island.[4][5][6]

On 20 December 2016, it was announced that an unsearched area of around 25,000 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi), and approximately centred on location 34°S 93°E / 34°S 93°E / -34; 93, was the most likely impact location for flight MH370.[7] The search was suspended on 17 January 2017.[8] In October 2017, the final drift study believed the most likely impact location to be at around 35°36′S 92°48′E / 35.6°S 92.8°E / -35.6; 92.8 (CSIRO crash area). The search based on these coordinates was resumed in January 2018 by Ocean Infinity, a private company; it ended in June 2018 without success.

Ships and aircraft from Malaysia, China, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and the United States were involved in the search of the southern Indian Ocean. Satellite imagery was also made available by Tomnod to the general public so they could help with the search through crowdsourcing efforts.

Ocean Infinity has requested approval from the Malaysian government to resume the search, with an expected date of commencement from November 2024.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Airline Codes – IATA Designators". Dauntless Jaunter. Pardeaplex Media. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ^ Neuman, Scott (22 July 2016). "MH370 Search To Be 'Suspended' If Plane Isn't Found In Current Search Area". NPR. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ^ "MH370 Operational Search Update – 5 March 2015". JACC. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ^ "MH370: aircraft debris found on Réunion Island 'from Boeing 777'". The Guardian. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ^ "MH370 Search: Too Early to Tell Whether Debris on Réunion Island is Part of Missing Jet". CBC News. Canada: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ^ "MH370: Debris found on Réunion Island belongs to missing airliner". CBC News. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  7. ^ ATSB. "MH370 – First Principles Review" (PDF). www.atsb.gov.au. Australian Transport Safety Review. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. ^ "MH370: Search suspended but future hunt for missing plane not ruled out". BBC News. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  9. ^ Thomas, Geoffrey (6 March 2022). "Ocean Infinity commits to new search for MH370 in 2023 or 2024". Airline Ratings. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ^ Shahabudin, Shahrul (4 May 2024). "Ocean Infinity proposes November start for MH370 search". Ocean Infinity proposes November start for MH370 search. Retrieved 14 September 2024.


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