Malaysia airlines 370 with 239 people on board, 8 March 2014 #25

[watcher9]

I haven't been able to find a link to support the approval of the contract with the Ocean Infinity to begin the search.
I did find these two links which say they are still in talks. Ocean Infinity is moving their leased ship into a close position to be able to start the search as soon as the contract is agreed upon.

https://www.thestar.com.my/business...opeful-of-getting-mh370-search-contract-soon/

https://www.reuters.com/article/mal...ting-mh370-search-contract-soon-idUSL4N1OY40J

 

[Roselvr]

A whole swarm of HUGINs!
This link provides so much info on the new ship Seabed Constructor and its eight submarines called HUGIN and how they work that I wanted to quote the whole article but we can't do that. It also includes the search area they plan to start with. They will do a test search which is described before arriving on January 17th to start the real search.

https://www.economist.com/news/scie...ones-will-scour-depths-plane-fantastical-ship

Thanks. Great article!

 

[Hatfield]

A whole swarm of HUGINs!
This link provides so much info on the new ship Seabed Constructor and its eight submarines called HUGIN and how they work that I wanted to quote the whole article but we can't do that. It also includes the search area they plan to start with. They will do a test search which is described before arriving on January 17th to start the real search.

https://www.economist.com/news/scie...ones-will-scour-depths-plane-fantastical-ship

This is a fantastic article about how they are going to do the searching.

It is well written and easy to understand. I think they have the right idea to go further north this time and maybe a little further West would be my guess.

The map is really good they have in the article. What is disappointing to see is the small search area blocked out that was already done. I thought they had searched much more of the ocean. If they had only managed to search that little shaded area then its no wonder it has not been found. The area is just so vast that it truly is like finding a needle in a haystack.

The new searching does have a good plan. I like everything I read in the article. Except go a little west too would be my vote. LOL
Basing that on where the debri marks show on the map.

They should be able to cover much more ground than past searches.

 

[Hatfield]

Its interesting the new contract for the new search will be a "no-find, no-fee" basis which means the Ocean Infinity and its company will only get paid if they find the plane.

I hope we get to see more details of the contract as there may be some operating costs that Malaysia is willing to pay too but so far it doesnt sound like it.

"The plan is for Ocean Infinity’s search to be paid for, on a “no find, no fee” basis"

https://www.economist.com/news/scie...ones-will-scour-depths-plane-fantastical-ship

 

[watcher9]

Contract approved. Hunt is on!

Malaysia's government said Saturday that it has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly four years after the plane's disappearance sparked one of aviation's biggest mysteries.

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/m...ght-370-hunt-resumes-plane-s-wreckage-n835211

Seabed Constructor's operators, the Houston-based sea-floor experts Ocean Infinity, have struck a deal with the Malaysian government that will earn them about $70 million, but only if they find the aircraft.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...7-Indian-Ocean-Inmarsat-Ocean-Infinity-Seabed

 

[margarita25]

Contract approved. Hunt is on!



https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/m...ght-370-hunt-resumes-plane-s-wreckage-n835211



https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...7-Indian-Ocean-Inmarsat-Ocean-Infinity-Seabed

Wow!!

Houston company...

 

[ilovepierre]

Another search :sigh:
Hoping and praying this one will yield some results!


I have felt from the beginning that this plane could have been found much earlier in the investigation. The South China Sea was searched for a week. It was clear after a few days that the plane did not go down there. By the time search teams realized this, the plane (and its debris) were gone...having sunk to the bottom of the ocean already.

 

[Hatfield]

Contract approved. Hunt is on!



https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/m...ght-370-hunt-resumes-plane-s-wreckage-n835211



https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...7-Indian-Ocean-Inmarsat-Ocean-Infinity-Seabed

Thanks everyone for all the good recent articles.

Finding that debri that washed up has given them more data they are now able to use to help find the plane this time. Sounds like they did lots of homework to get to this point. So there is hope this time that it can be found.

"The Australian investigators obtained another 777 flaperon from Boeing and set it adrift to determine the speed and direction it moved in ocean currents.
Working backwards from where the piece was discovered, they found that it had almost certainly drifted west across the ocean to the island, from where the new search will be focused.

In addition to starting with much better intelligence, Ocean Infinity says it has a far better equipment than the previous search."

https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...7-Indian-Ocean-Inmarsat-Ocean-Infinity-Seabed

 

[JerseyGirl]

Malaysia to pay U.S. firm up to $70 million if it finds missing MH370

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...llion-if-it-finds-missing-mh370-idUSKBN1EZ0OA

Ocean Infinity will be paid $20 million if the plane is found within 5,000 sq km, $30 million if it is found within 10,000 square km and $50 million if it is found within an area of 25,000 square km. Beyond that area, Ocean Infinity will receive $70 million - within 90 days of embarking on a new search in the Southern Indian ocean.

The search will begin on Jan. 17.

Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless A$200-million ($157 million) search of a 120,000 sq. km area in January last year, despite investigators urging the search be extended to a 25,000-square-km area further to the north.

 

[Pi Thoughts]

http://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...e/news-story/cda698da355cd5e68f0b43fd6c2af17c

AN Australian oceanographer at the CSIRO has suggested a new search area for MH370, where the Ocean Infinity vessel will focus its efforts.
Dr David Griffin, an Australian oceanographer at the CSIRO, has told the ABC that the missing plane could only be 35 degrees south in the southern Indian Ocean.

 

[they'll get you]

The grieving wife of one of the missing passengers on Malaysian Airline flight MH370 has launched legal action against Boeing, believing it was a fault in the plane that caused its crash and disappearance.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...ife-legal-action-against-boeing-crash/9324838


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[they'll get you]

“I've always believed the fault was with the plane, which is why I put a court case out against Boeing in the US — to prove that the Boeing 777s that are still flying are safe," she said.

"If you look back at suicidal plots, it doesn't normally happen seven hours into a flight — it would happen in the beginning."
She was still waiting for a response from Boeing, but Ms Weeks and the families of the MH370 victims have been given renewed hope this week that the mystery of the missing airline could finally be solved.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...ife-legal-action-against-boeing-crash/9324838




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[gregjrichards]

The grieving wife of one of the missing passengers on Malaysian Airline flight MH370 has launched legal action against Boeing, believing it was a fault in the plane that caused its crash and disappearance.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...ife-legal-action-against-boeing-crash/9324838


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I’m sorry but this has no chance of success as the Lady cannot prove this in a court of law.

 

[Cryptic]

The grieving wife of one of the missing passengers on Malaysian Airline flight MH370 has launched legal action against Boeing, believing it was a fault in the plane that caused its crash and disappearance.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...ife-legal-action-against-boeing-crash/9324838

Sadly, I think a human is behind this crime.

Every documentary that I have watched on the incident states that a human would have been needed to disconnect the auto pilot, turn off the transponder- and a back up, change the plane's course, then steer around military radar sites (civilian air traffic control rely on transponders, not radar) etc.

Then consider that the plane strangely started to deviate in somewhat of a grey zone air space wise as the plane's crew conducted their final scheduled conversation with Malaysian air traffic control and was then due to be passed to Vietnamese air traffic control.

 

[they'll get you]

I’m sorry but this has no chance of success as the Lady cannot prove this in a court of law.

Sadly I agree Greg. The only winner from this will be a greedy lawyer who has possibly given her false hope.

 

[ilovepierre]

Sadly, I think a human is behind this crime.

RSBM
Same here. But I'm still not sold on it being the pilot.
IMO, it was either the copilot or a hijacker.

 

[MsFacetious]

I just think it's amazing they are going to look for it again. I don't know that we will ever really know what happened. However, it would be great for the families to at least know where they are.

 

[gregjrichards]

I just think it's amazing they are going to look for it again. I don't know that we will ever really know what happened. However, it would be great for the families to at least know where they are.

I’m amazed they are still trying to find the plane and I’m very glad they haven’t given up. My only worry is that it may give the families false hope and leave them devastated and extremely disappointed again.

 

[ilovepierre]

I just think it's amazing they are going to look for it again. I don't know that we will ever really know what happened. However, it would be great for the families to at least know where they are.

I'm amazed too.
I just can't believe a 777 can go missing and not be found...
It's been almost 4 years!

 

[MsFacetious]

I’m amazed they are still trying to find the plane and I’m very glad they haven’t given up. My only worry is that it may give the families false hope and leave them devastated and extremely disappointed again.

I am encouraged by the fact that they don't get paid unless they find it.
Maybe it's naive of me, but I like to believe they will be even more motivated.
I'm also encouraged because some debris were found resulting in this location being chosen.
I am an optimist though. I do worry it will still be too scattered to recover anyone.