Sydney Airport Message Board - MH370

Sydney Airport Message Board (http://www.yssyforum.net/board/index.php)

- International Industry (http://www.yssyforum.net/board/forumdisplay.php?f=4)

- - MH370 - Missing (http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9854)

More Debris found

Found last December and not handed in.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel...8ccee25dbfffde

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...d-in-australia

Makes you wonder, how long before bits and pieces appear on ebay.

Mozambique debris consistent with those from a MAS 777 according to the Government

Quote:

Australian government says debris from Mozambique “almost certainly” from MH370

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester says the two pieces of aircraft debris found off the coast of Mozambique were “almost certainly” from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The two aircraft fragments, possibly from a wing and a horizontal stabiliser, have been in Canberra undergoing analysis since March 20. That work has now been completed, with the Malaysian investigation team finding the two items were consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft.

“The analysis has concluded that the debris is almost certainly from MH370,” Chester said in a statement on Thursday.

“That such debris has been found on the east coast of Africa is consistent with drift modelling performed by CSIRO and further affirms our search efforts in the southern Indian Ocean.

“I would like to acknowledge the work undertaken by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Geoscience Australia, Boeing and Australian National University which assisted the Malaysian Investigation Team with their examination of the debris.”

Flight MH370 went missing enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board. Efforts to locate the Boeing 777-200ER, 9M-MRO, have centred around a 120,000 square kilometre area in the Indian Ocean, with 95,000 square kilometres having been searched so far.

The two fragments from Mozambique, as well as a wing flaperon that washed up on the coast of Reunion Island in July 2015 and a fourth piece that was discovered in South Africa that is yet to undergo thorough analysis, have been the only trace of the aircraft since it disappeared.

“The search for MH370 continues. There are 25,000 square kilometres of the underwater search area still to be searched. We are focused on completing this task and remain hopeful the aircraft will be found,” Chester said.

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...ly-from-mh370/

Debris found is almost certainly from MH370

http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5770117...9april2016.pdf

Both parts are from the starboard side of the aircraft.

First part from inside though.

Assistance to Malaysian Ministry of Transport in support of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on 7 March 2014 UTC

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...r/ae-2014-054/

Wreckage thought to be from MH370 found on Kangaroo Island (7News tonight)

Quote:

ATSB analyses wing flap believed to be from missing MH370

A wing flap found off the coast of Africa in late June believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been sent to Canberra for further analysis.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia said the piece of aircraft debris was discovered on Pemba Island near Tanzania on June 23.

“Malaysia and Australia have worked with Tanzanian officials to assume responsibility for the wing flap,” the pair said in a joint statement.

“Technical specialists from the ATSB are working with Malaysian investigators to determine if it is from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, MH370.”
A supplied image of ATSB investigators looking at a wing flap believed to be from MH370. (ATSB)
Investigators from the ATSB analyse the wing flap. (ATSB)

The statement said the ATSB had previously determined four pieces of debris to be “almost certainly” to be from the 777-200ER, 9M-MRO, that went missing enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 2014 carrying 239 passengers and crew. Meanwhile, a flaperon that washed up on La Reunion Island in July 2015 was positively identified by French investigators as a part from MH370.

Meanwhile, the ATSB said efforts to locate the missing aircraft continue to be hampered by poor weather in the Indian Ocean.

“Ongoing poor weather conditions have severely impacted search operations and resulted in delays to search operations of around 6-8 weeks,” the ATSB said in its weekly operational update.

“Since the onset of poor conditions associated with winter weather, progress has slowed with only a minimal area searched during this time.”

As a result, the ATSB reaffirmed previous guidance that should the run of bad weather continue, the remaining 10,000 square kilometres yet to be searched could run “well beyond the winter months”.

About 110,000 square kilometres of the 120,000 square kilometre search area has been covered.

The governments of Australia, Malaysia and China have said previously that in the absence of new leads the search would not be expanded beyond the current 120,000 square kilometre area.

The ATSB said marginal weather conditions still allowed the use of deep tow equipment. Further, the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) used to search areas that the deep tow sonar could not was only able to be used in calmer conditions in spring and summer.

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said he would meet with representatives from Malaysia and China on Friday to discuss the search effort.

Also attending the Ministerial Tripartite Meeting at Putrajaya just outside Kuala Lumpur will be Malaysian Minister of Transport Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai and Chinese Minister of Transport Yang Chuantang, Chester said.

“I’m looking forward to meeting with our international partners in the search for MH370. The search has been unprecedented in both size and scale, conducted in some of the world’s most isolated waters and at times in extremely challenging weather,” Chester said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The meeting will provide an opportunity to reflect on achievements to date and discuss next steps as we near completion of the 120,000 square kilometre search area.”

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...missing-mh370/

MH370 Search will be Suspended if nothing is found in current search area

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-2...essful/7653216

MH370s catastrophic death dive

Quote:

Exhaustive analysis by Defence scientists of automated signals *received from Flight MH370 in its final moments has revealed that the Malaysia Airlines jet fell very fast — up to 20,000 feet a minute — as it crashed into the Indian Ocean off Western Australia.

The scientists have found that happened at 8.19am (WA time) on March 9, 2014, after the aircraft ran out of fuel and the two giant engines flamed out, the left engine first and then the right about 15 minutes later.

The Australian has been told in a series of briefings that simulations by Boeing, the aircraft’s manufacturer, indicate that once engine power was lost, MH370 would have slowed and lost lift. Its nose would have dropped and it would have descended in what the scientists call a fugoid motion in a series of downward swoops.

As it gathered speed, it would have gained lift and climbed again. As that speed fell off, its nose would have dropped rapidly once more, the aircraft falling into *another steep dive.

That process is likely to have been repeated until it hit the water, probably with one wing down.

The impact would have been catastrophic. That fits with new analysis of sets of brief signals sent automatically between the aircraft and a satellite.

Again, another subscriber-only article.

Not much one can do about a paywall, other than google the title ;), I would happily paste the whole article if it didn't :

1. Possibly infringe copyright of the holder
2. Possibly unleash the wrath of the various rights holders on this website for depriving them of possible monetary loss.

From my time as a mod on a frequent flyer site I have come into the habit of posting "news" without ever copying and pasting the full article, as a way of respecting the original content and origin whilst minimalising risk for the forum. I am not a fan of paywalls, and rarely is the press worth paying for, today's Australian is probably a rare exception for someone interest in Aviation.

That works....thank you :)

Possible evidence of an on board fire on MH370.

Quote:

New wreckage that may be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 could be the first proof for the theory that the plane was exposed to intense heat or fire.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-1...theory/7835992

7th arc at 35S looking promising

Here's the latest update on the most likely location: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-0...th-arc/8678532

Surely Australian, Chinese and Malaysian submarine fleets could now be sent out on exercises in that vicinity - who knows what they might find!

ATSB have released a report using satellite images of possible debris and more drift analysis.

Quote:

Consistent with our commitment to the public release of information pertaining to the search for MH370, we have today released two reports, prepared by Geoscience Australia and the CSIRO,” said Mr Hood. “They provide analysis and findings relating to satellite imagery taken on 23 March 2014, two weeks after the disappearance of MH370, over the southern Indian Ocean.”

The satellite imagery was acquired through the assistance of French authorities. The images were captured by satellite two weeks after the aircraft went missing on 8 March 2014. The area covered by the imagery was not one that was searched from the air at that time, but is close to the underwater search area.

https://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/new...llite-imagery/

The CSIRO report makes a very bold claim for scientists and published work:

Quote:

Taking drift model uncertainty into account, we have found that the objects identified in most of the images can be associated with a single location within the previously-identified region suggested by other lines of evidence. Furthermore, we think it is possible to identify a most-likely location of the aircraft, with unprecedented precision and certainty. This location is 35.6°S, 92.8°E. Other nearby (within about 50km essentially parallel to the 7th arc) locations east of the 7th arc are also certainly possible, as are (with lower likelihood) a range of locations on the western side of the 7th arc, near 34.7°S 92.6°E and 35.3°S 91.8°E.

While we cannot be totally sure which of these locations in the southern half of the 2016-proposed search area is most likely, we do have a high degree of confidence that an impact in the southern half of the 2016-proposed search area, near 35°S, is more consistent with detection of debris in the images than is an impact in the northern half.

Search on again.

Quote:

Malaysian government accepts “no find no fee” offer to search for MH370

The Malaysian government has accepted an offer from a private company to resume the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester has confirmed.

Chester said the fresh search for the Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO that disappeared enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 2014 carrying 239 passengers and crew would be conducted by US-based Ocean Infinity.

“The Malaysian Government has accepted an offer from Ocean Infinity to search for the missing plane, entering into a ‘no find no fee’ arrangement,” Chester said in a statement on Thursday.

“Malaysia’s decision to proceed with the search shows the commitment to find MH370.”

The renewed effort to locate the aircraft comes after a fruitless search of 120,000 square kilometres in the Indian Ocean ended in January 2017.

Since then, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) published two reports prepared by Geoscience Australia and the CSIRO analysing satellite imagery taken some two weeks after the flight went missing.

The imagery, obtained from French authorities, identified 12 objects that were “probably” manmade, as well 28 items that were “possibly” manmade.

The reports, published in August, said the movements of these items during the following three and a bit years due to ocean drift was determined using data from several types of earth-observation satellites, as well as Australia’s most powerful super-computer and more than a decade of government investment in operational ocean modelling.

Chester said the Ocean Infinity search would focus on an area that previously had been identified by experts as the next most likely location to find MH370.

Further, Australia would provide technical assistance to the Malaysian government and Ocean Infinity.

“While I am hopeful of a successful search, I’m conscious of not raising hopes for the loved ones of those on board,” Chester said.

“No new information has been discovered to determine the specific location of the aircraft, however data collected during the previous search will be provided.

“I hope that this new search will bring answers, both for the next of kin and for the rest of the world.”

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...rch-for-mh370/

ABC Mediawatch debunking the latest MH370 found story.

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/tra...s/s4821777.htm

Worth a watch if you didn't see it (Aired Episode 8, 26 March 2018)

60mins last Sunday (13/5) night did a MH370 Special.

Haven't seen it but there seems to be nothing new ?

It's on youtube if you need to watch.

MH370 latest theory

An interesting opinion published today contends that the captain hijacked MH370 after locking the first officer out of the cabin and depressurising the aircraft to kill everyone on board:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...6d2eccd059c12f
:eek: