Malaysia airlines MH370 with 239 people on board, 8 March 2014 #26

[Charlot123]

Some of the attempts to reconstruct the final approach of MH370 assume that the final descent was at a very high speed, possibly with a pilot still at the controls. How the APU (there was 1, not 2) would have influenced the speed is uncertain. The wreckage that drifted across the Indian Ocean seems to show that there was no attempt to position the flaperons for a landing.

It's possible that there's just pieces of the fuselage, but at this point no one really knows. I am looking forward to the next search, and I hope Ocean Infinity finds MH370, or what's left of it on the seabed. The CVR and FDR could still yield data if they are found. JMO

Northwest Orient Airlines flight 2501 that disappeared in 1950 in Lake Michigan and has never been found since illustrates that even in a lake, locating a plane might be difficult. They looked at a totally different part of the lake. Then they found some debris and even bodies in a totally different part of the lake, but never the whole plane. And here, we are looking at a huge area. Storms, undercurrents. I hope they’ll sort out the grid, where to look for MH370.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A new search mission for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is set to begin in the coming weeks, nearly 11 years after one of aviation's greatest mysteries unfolded.

US and UK company Ocean Infinity has deployed its vessel Armada, which is currently tracking from Mauritius to the crash zone

MH370: New search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight set to begin in DAYS as state-of-the-art ship en route to potential crash site

The flight vanished more than 10 years ago

www.gbnews.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[nhmemorymaker]

This was such a painful situation to watch back then.... day after day with nothing.

Ok, so this pilot thinks there was a murder/suicide coverup.... I know we did all keep wondering if this was the case back then, but is this the wider view of folks?

Why would they bother to cover it up....
It shows less blame on the airlines itself, if they could officially declare an intentional crash....

Still feel like such a mystery.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

"They have convinced us that they are ready," Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

"That's why the Malaysian government is proceeding with this."

Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight resumes 11 years after disappearance | News.az

They have convinced us that they are ready, Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday, News.Az reports, citing foreign media. ...

news.az

 

[SouthAussie]

It sounds as if the search will be in the area of parts of the first huge searches. They are saying the new search is about 1,500 km off the coast of Perth - targeting 4 hotspots.

UK-based Ocean Infinity has signed a "no find, no fee" contract with the Malaysian government to search about 15,000 square kilometres of the ocean about 1500km off the coast of Perth.
The new search is much more focused and targeted than previous searches, which have covered about 200,000 square kilometres. Link


This is the 2014 search map. Going by the map scale, the search zone (in a straight line west of Perth) was about 1,500 km from Perth.

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-054/images

 

[PrairieWind]

This will be interesting to follow. I would love for them to find the plane. I don't think it is likely but I am certainly hopeful.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The new search, once a contract is signed, would expand the previous search area by 15,000 sq km, the minister said. The contract would cover 18 months and the firm had indicated the best time for the search would be between January and April.

This week, ship tracking data showed an Ocean Infinity ship had moved into the southern Indian Ocean. The minister said Ocean Infinity had deployed ships to the new search area, but Malaysia had not yet finalised the contract with the exploration firm

https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Factbox-What+we+know+about+Malaysia%E2%80%99s+missing+MH370+plane%2C+11+years+on/24404223.html

 

[imstilla.grandma]

But the search, which last paused in 2018, will not be open-ended, he said.

"It is not indefinite; there is a certain timeframe given for the contract. These are the details that we need to finalise before we sign."

Hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to resume 10 years after plane vanished

The hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is set to resume - more than a decade after it vanished in one of the greatest ever aviation mysteries.

www.islandfm.com

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved

The search will involve a new fleet of underwater robots that can operate independently at depths of up to 6,000 metres for up to 100 hours at a time.

theconversation.com

The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved​