Malaysia Airlines (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans
National Geographic・2 minutes read
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, leading to an extensive search effort in the Indian Ocean, utilizing satellite data, underwater scanning vehicles, and simulations to narrow down the search area, but no trace of the aircraft was found despite record-breaking search efforts.
Insights
- The search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 involved the use of Inmarsat data to track the plane's flight path, shifting the search area to the Indian Ocean and focusing on locating the black boxes emitting pings underwater.
- Despite extensive search efforts, including advanced technology like underwater scanning vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles, no trace of MH370 was found, leading to the Malaysian government halting further searches, leaving a significant portion of the seventh arc search zone unexplored.
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How did Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappear?
Malaysia Airlines flight 370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished without a trace in March 2014. The plane was detected by Malaysian military radar turning back across Malaysia and heading northwest before disappearing. Despite disappearing from civilian radar, the plane continued flying for six more hours, turning south and flying towards the Indian Ocean.
What technology helped experts track MH370's flight path?
The plane exchanged 'heartbeat' signals with an Inmarsat satellite, helping experts calculate its direction and flight path. This data led to the search area in the Indian Ocean being shifted 3,000 miles south based on Inmarsat data, prompting a massive search effort by the Australian government.
How did the search for MH370 focus on locating the aircraft?
The search for MH370 focused on locating the black boxes, which emit pings with a range of just over a mile underwater. This search effort involved using underwater scanning vehicles in the sea floor terrain identified by a new map created with the help of geophysicist Walter Smith's satellite measurements.
What led to the narrowing down of MH370's crash site location?
Boeing engineers simulated MH370's final moments, revealing a rapid descent due to fuel exhaustion. This information, combined with data analysis, narrowed down the crash site location to within 29 miles of the seventh arc, reducing the search area to 23,000 square miles.
What was the outcome of the extensive search efforts for MH370?
Despite extensive search efforts, no trace of MH370 was found, leading to the Malaysian government announcing they would not support further searches. This decision left a large portion of the seventh arc search zone unexplored, marking the end of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
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