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MH370 pin-pointed 1,800 miles from Perth, Australian scientists claim
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Bernard Lagan, Sydney
August 16 2017, 12:00pm, The Times
The Australian Safety Transportation Safety Board led a £97 million two-year search for the Boeing 777 after it went missing in 2014
The Australian Safety Transportation Safety Board led a £97 million two-year search for the Boeing 777 after it went missing in 2014
PAUL KANE/AFP/Getty
More than three years after it disappeared off radar screens, Australian scientists claim to have finally pin-pointed the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 aircraft at the bottom of the Indian Ocean
Re-analysing French military satellite images and using ocean drift modelling, a report concludes that the aircraft is now most likely to be north of a 1,930 square mile area that has been previously searched. The breakthough was reported by the Australian Safety Transportation Safety Board (ATSB), which led a fruitless two-year, £97 million, search for the Boeing 777 after the aircraft went missing in March 2014.
The board said that the most likely location was about 1,800 miles west of Perth. “We think it is possible to identify a most-likely location of the aircraft with…
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ATSB releases satellite images of possible MH370 crash site taken 2 weeks after aircraft's disappearance
The images show man-made objects that could be the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
By Ananya Roy
Updated August 16, 2017 11:04 BST
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Malaysia Airlines MH370 search to be suspended Reuters
Nearly seven months after the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was suspended, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) that had led the search released two reports comprising satellite imagery of the possible crash location of the plane.
The images were taken on 23 March 2014, "two weeks after the disappearance of MH370, over the southern Indian Ocean" on 8 March, Greg Hood, Chief Commissioner of ATSB, said in a statement on Wednesday (16 August).
The images showed man-made objects north of the 120,000 sq. km area that was searched for over two years by Australia, China and Malaysia at a cost of nearly $160m (£124m). The underwater hunt had, however, yielded no results.
It was not clear why the area shown in the satellite images was ignored and not included in the designated search location in the southern Indian Ocean.
The reports released now were prepared by Geoscience Australia and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, Hood said, adding that the satellite imagery was acquired through the assistance of French authorities.
"Geoscience Australia identified a number of objects in the satellite imagery which have been classified as probably man-made," Hood said.
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released two reports containing satellite imagery showing man-made objects that could be the wreckage of the missing MH370 plane - File photoReuters
"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."
The CSIRO conducted a drift study to determine the geographic origin of the objects seen in the satellite images and found that their projected location on 8 March was consistent with the area identified by experts during the MH370 First Principles Review in November 2016, the statement noted.
"Clearly we must be cautious," Hood said, adding, "These objects have not been definitely identified as MH370 debris."
He also said that the information contained within the Geoscience Australia and CSIRO reports "may be useful in informing any further search effort that may be mounted in the future".
The reports have emerged as an American ocean exploration firm, Ocean Infinity, offered the Malaysian government to start a new search for the missing Boeing 777, which has become one of the biggest mysteries of the aviation world.
The plane had 239 passengers and crew on board when it disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.
The families of the victims have urged the Malaysian government to accept the offer from the Texas-based firm, but the government has not yet issued a statement on the matter.
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New report virtually pinpoints MH370
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STARTLING new evidence has virtually pinpointed the location of MH370 - 1258 days since it disappeared.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has today released an explosive new report that effectively narrows the search zone for the missing plane down to an area half the size of Melbourne.
GeoScience Australia has been examining four satellite images taken in the weeks after the plane went missing in the area identified late last year as MH370's likely resting spot.
They found 12 objects in those images that they deemed man-made and 28 that they regard as possibly man-made.
The images were taken by a French Military satellite in late March 2014 but were discarded by authorities. The ATSB were not involved in the search at that time.
The drift modelling initially released late last year identified an area of 25,000sq km just outside the original search area.
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester and ATSB Chief Commissioner Greg Hood and visiting aviation and air safety experts examine the right outboard main wing flap from MH370 in Canberra today.Source:News Corp
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester and ATSB Chief Commissioner Greg Hood and visiting aviation and air safety experts examine the right outboard main wing flap from MH370 in Canberra today.Source:News Corp
Today's report combines a refinement of that drift modelling as well as the discarded satellite images to narrow the likely search zone down to an area of just 5000sq km.
As part of the latest report, all satellite imagery of the relevant new area came up for review.
The dimensions of the objects found in the satellite images are comparable with some of the debris items that washed up on African beaches.
Their location near the "7th arc" of the search zone makes them impossible to ignore, the report states.
The new plot is based on comprehensive drift modelling and testing - including the release of a real Boeing 777 flaperon to test the floating characteristics of the one belonging to MH370 recovered off the coast of Africa.
"We measured its drift characteristics after modifying it to match the damaged one retrieved from Ile de la Reunion," the report says. "This work did not change our estimate of the most likely location of the impact - it just increased confidence in the modelling by explaining more easily the 29 July 2015 Ile de la Reunion flaperon discovery."
The researchers combined ocean current modelling with the satellite images, assessing the motion of wind and water in the Indian Ocean between March 8 and 24.
They've come up with a 'bracket' of locations based on these tested drift patterns, naming them West 1, West 2, East 1 and East 2. These locations straddle the arc from which MH370's transmitters were last detected.
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Scientists believe they have pinpointed MH370 location
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The final resting place of MH370 has been narrowed to three locations (Picture: Paul Kane – Pool/Getty Images)
The search for missing flight MH370 has been pointed towards to three specific locations in the southern Indian ocean.
Scientists have used satellite and drift analysis to pinpoint the search for the plane that crash landed in 2014.
Newborn baby dumped behind bushes by 12-year-old mother
But the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which has led the search, warned that the drift analysis collected by science agency CSIRO is most likely made up of ‘man-made’ floating objects.
Yet, the locations may act as starting points for the search for the flight in the 9,700 square miles of sea identified as the most likely resting place for the 239 passengers and crew on board.
Malaysia, China and Australia suspended the deep-sea sonar search for MH370 in January after examining 46,000 of seabed with no trace of the flight.
MH370 pin-pointed 1,800 miles from Perth, Australian scientists claim
new
Bernard Lagan, Sydney
August 16 2017, 12:00pm, The Times
The Australian Safety Transportation Safety Board led a £97 million two-year search for the Boeing 777 after it went missing in 2014
The Australian Safety Transportation Safety Board led a £97 million two-year search for the Boeing 777 after it went missing in 2014
PAUL KANE/AFP/Getty
More than three years after it disappeared off radar screens, Australian scientists claim to have finally pin-pointed the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 aircraft at the bottom of the Indian Ocean
Re-analysing French military satellite images and using ocean drift modelling, a report concludes that the aircraft is now most likely to be north of a 1,930 square mile area that has been previously searched. The breakthough was reported by the Australian Safety Transportation Safety Board (ATSB), which led a fruitless two-year, £97 million, search for the Boeing 777 after the aircraft went missing in March 2014.
The board said that the most likely location was about 1,800 miles west of Perth. “We think it is possible to identify a most-likely location of the aircraft with…
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ATSB releases satellite images of possible MH370 crash site taken 2 weeks after aircraft's disappearance
The images show man-made objects that could be the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
By Ananya Roy
Updated August 16, 2017 11:04 BST
Close
Malaysia Airlines MH370 search to be suspended Reuters
Nearly seven months after the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was suspended, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) that had led the search released two reports comprising satellite imagery of the possible crash location of the plane.
The images were taken on 23 March 2014, "two weeks after the disappearance of MH370, over the southern Indian Ocean" on 8 March, Greg Hood, Chief Commissioner of ATSB, said in a statement on Wednesday (16 August).
The images showed man-made objects north of the 120,000 sq. km area that was searched for over two years by Australia, China and Malaysia at a cost of nearly $160m (£124m). The underwater hunt had, however, yielded no results.
It was not clear why the area shown in the satellite images was ignored and not included in the designated search location in the southern Indian Ocean.
The reports released now were prepared by Geoscience Australia and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, Hood said, adding that the satellite imagery was acquired through the assistance of French authorities.
"Geoscience Australia identified a number of objects in the satellite imagery which have been classified as probably man-made," Hood said.
missing MH370 search operation
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released two reports containing satellite imagery showing man-made objects that could be the wreckage of the missing MH370 plane - File photoReuters
"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."
The CSIRO conducted a drift study to determine the geographic origin of the objects seen in the satellite images and found that their projected location on 8 March was consistent with the area identified by experts during the MH370 First Principles Review in November 2016, the statement noted.
"Clearly we must be cautious," Hood said, adding, "These objects have not been definitely identified as MH370 debris."
He also said that the information contained within the Geoscience Australia and CSIRO reports "may be useful in informing any further search effort that may be mounted in the future".
The reports have emerged as an American ocean exploration firm, Ocean Infinity, offered the Malaysian government to start a new search for the missing Boeing 777, which has become one of the biggest mysteries of the aviation world.
The plane had 239 passengers and crew on board when it disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.
The families of the victims have urged the Malaysian government to accept the offer from the Texas-based firm, but the government has not yet issued a statement on the matter.
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New report virtually pinpoints MH370
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STARTLING new evidence has virtually pinpointed the location of MH370 - 1258 days since it disappeared.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has today released an explosive new report that effectively narrows the search zone for the missing plane down to an area half the size of Melbourne.
GeoScience Australia has been examining four satellite images taken in the weeks after the plane went missing in the area identified late last year as MH370's likely resting spot.
They found 12 objects in those images that they deemed man-made and 28 that they regard as possibly man-made.
The images were taken by a French Military satellite in late March 2014 but were discarded by authorities. The ATSB were not involved in the search at that time.
The drift modelling initially released late last year identified an area of 25,000sq km just outside the original search area.
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester and ATSB Chief Commissioner Greg Hood and visiting aviation and air safety experts examine the right outboard main wing flap from MH370 in Canberra today.Source:News Corp
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester and ATSB Chief Commissioner Greg Hood and visiting aviation and air safety experts examine the right outboard main wing flap from MH370 in Canberra today.Source:News Corp
Today's report combines a refinement of that drift modelling as well as the discarded satellite images to narrow the likely search zone down to an area of just 5000sq km.
As part of the latest report, all satellite imagery of the relevant new area came up for review.
The dimensions of the objects found in the satellite images are comparable with some of the debris items that washed up on African beaches.
Their location near the "7th arc" of the search zone makes them impossible to ignore, the report states.
The new plot is based on comprehensive drift modelling and testing - including the release of a real Boeing 777 flaperon to test the floating characteristics of the one belonging to MH370 recovered off the coast of Africa.
"We measured its drift characteristics after modifying it to match the damaged one retrieved from Ile de la Reunion," the report says. "This work did not change our estimate of the most likely location of the impact - it just increased confidence in the modelling by explaining more easily the 29 July 2015 Ile de la Reunion flaperon discovery."
The researchers combined ocean current modelling with the satellite images, assessing the motion of wind and water in the Indian Ocean between March 8 and 24.
They've come up with a 'bracket' of locations based on these tested drift patterns, naming them West 1, West 2, East 1 and East 2. These locations straddle the arc from which MH370's transmitters were last detected.
News Corp Australia
http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/16/search-for-missing-flight-mh370-narrowed-to-three-locations-6856390/
Scientists believe they have pinpointed MH370 location
Toby Meyjes for Metro.co.ukWednesday 16 Aug 2017 10:28 am
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The final resting place of MH370 has been narrowed to three locations (Picture: Paul Kane – Pool/Getty Images)
The search for missing flight MH370 has been pointed towards to three specific locations in the southern Indian ocean.
Scientists have used satellite and drift analysis to pinpoint the search for the plane that crash landed in 2014.
Newborn baby dumped behind bushes by 12-year-old mother
But the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which has led the search, warned that the drift analysis collected by science agency CSIRO is most likely made up of ‘man-made’ floating objects.
Yet, the locations may act as starting points for the search for the flight in the 9,700 square miles of sea identified as the most likely resting place for the 239 passengers and crew on board.
Malaysia, China and Australia suspended the deep-sea sonar search for MH370 in January after examining 46,000 of seabed with no trace of the flight.
