Study calls for new search to find Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

Study calls for new search to find Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

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The head of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is requesting a new investigation based on new evidence suggesting that the Boeing 777’s wreckage may be at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, according to a report.

Peter Foley, who led the Australian government’s search for the doomed plane, which disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board, told The Times of London that he agrees with new research compiled by oceanographers and aviation experts.

The flight, which took off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, mysteriously reversed its course and flew south until it ran out of fuel.

Australia, on behalf of Malaysia, failed to locate the aircraft during the largest search in aviation history before ending it in 2017. A second search, led by US firm Ocean Infinity, also came up empty.

But 33 pieces of debris – which has been confirmed as being flown by plane – were found in Mauritius, Madagascar, Tanzania and South Africa, reports The Times.

A woman lights a candle when Chinese family members of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 participate in a prayer service at the Metro Park Hotel in Beijing on April 8, 2014.
A woman lights a candle when Chinese family members of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 participate in a prayer service at the Metro Park Hotel in Beijing on April 8, 2014.
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In August 2020, part of a wing spoiler was found in South Africa.

An independent group of experts said in a report on Monday that the damage indicated that it had been ripped off the plane in an uncontrolled, rapid dive – which contradicts alternative theories that a rogue pilot dropped the plane.

Operators monitor TAC stations aboard an RNZAF P3 Orion during search of wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the South Indian Ocean on April 4, 2014 near Australia.
Operators monitor TAC stations aboard an RNZAF P3 Orion during search of wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean on April 4, 2014 near Australia.
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Analysis of ocean propulsion and a review of a revised flight path announced late last year found that MH370 probably went down about 1,200 kilometers west of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.

Foley, who oversaw a sonar search covering about 50,000 square kilometers of seabed, said a new survey should inspect the seabed 70 nautical miles on either side of the target area.

A family member of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crying at a local hotel where families are gathering on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China.
A family member of a passenger aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crying at a local hotel where families are gathering on March 9, 2014 in Beijing.
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“There has not been a complete search for major tracts,” he told The Times.

Blaine Gibson, 63, an American lawyer who has spent a lot of time searching for the wreck in recent years, said that updated modeling by Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, an oceanographer at the University of Western Australia, is a strong case. for a third search.

A family member of a missing passenger on flight MH370 cries outside the main gate of the Lama Temple on March 8, 2015 in Beijing, China.
A family member of a missing passenger on flight MH370 cried on March 8, 2015 in Beijing outside the main gate of the Lama Temple.
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Pattiaratchi predicted where wreckage would be found a year before the first piece was found.

The Malaysian government has said it will urgently need new evidence before resuming.

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