Malaysia Airlines

It is the biggest enigma in aviation history. The PILOT of Malaysia 370 communicated with Ho Chi Minh on frequency 120.9 before saying good night. How can a Boeing 777 with 239 individuals aboard simply disappear without a trace? The solution can be found somewhere in the depths of the Indian Ocean. Just envision if we could drain the oceans, uncovering the enigmas of the ocean bed. And now, we can. With cutting-edge underwater scanning technology, capable of penetrating the deep ocean, and converting precise data into 3D images. This time, with exceptional access to the official inquiry, we can unravel the key riddles of Malaysia Airlines 370. What lessons can be learned from previous aviation disasters? Can Cold War technology extract crucial evidence from the deep ocean? And if the plane is located, what secrets could be concealed in the twisted wreckage? On the 8th of March 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 sets off from Kuala Lumpur, on a six-hour journey to Beijing. As the Boeing 777 enters Vietnamese airspace, it abruptly vanishes from the air traffic control radar. A state-of-the-art commercial airliner, transporting 239 individuals, has disappeared without a trace. There is no distress call and no wreckage at the last radar contact point.

We are of the opinion that family members should brace themselves for the worst-case scenario. The relatives of those left behind are seeking explanations. The Malaysian government has initiated a probe, which is anticipated to be the most extensive and costly inquiry in aviation history. Despite encountering numerous dead ends, misleading leads, and a flood of conjectures, there have been only a few legitimate clues. One of the earliest leads was provided by the Malaysian military. The aircraft was detected by a potent radar system, veering back over Malaysia and proceeding northwest along the Strait of Malacca before vanishing beyond the range, just north of Sumatra. It was a startling revelation. After the aircraft vanished from the civilian radar, it did not crash. It continued to fly. When the aeroplane made an unscheduled turn without communicating with air traffic control, I was unsure of what to anticipate. It might have been a terrorist attack, a deliberate act by a crew member, or a system-wide electrical malfunction. The subsequent hint emanates from outer space. Although undetectable by radar, MH 370 persisted in transmitting 'heartbeat' signals to an Inmarsat satellite in the skies above the Indian Ocean. These heartbeats were conveyed once every hour. Alterations in the signals' frequency enabled specialists to estimate the aircraft's trajectory and uncover an extraordinary revelation. Following its initial course to the northwest, MH370 veered southward and continued flying for six more hours. Based on the time taken for each signal to travel, investigators were able to determine the plane's distance from the satellite and plot arcs accordingly. By utilizing information on fuel reserves and cruising speed, they were able to recreate a range of conceivable flight paths as the aircraft crossed each arc. The final arc, the seventh, is situated deep within the Indian Ocean. Beyond this point, no more heartbeat signals were detected. The information was exceptional because it involved using data that was not meant for locating an aircraft's position. This breakthrough instantly redirected the search 3,000 miles south of the last military radar contact, bringing it under the Australian government's jurisdiction and accident investigator Peter Foley. Inmarsat recorded this extraordinary information while the aircraft was in-flight, which was only known to a few people and is crucial to the search for the aircraft's location. The search area is a vast swathe of ocean that stretches 700 miles along the seventh arc, with an estimated range of 140 miles on either side, which is the maximum glide range of a 777. The seventh arc is situated more than 1,500 miles away from the nearest land, and it will take two days for the Australian search vessels to arrive, made even more difficult by two recent powerful storms. The search involves 22 aircraft and 19 surface vessels, looking for any debris and, if possible, survivors. According to Peter, when an aircraft crashes into the ocean, it usually leaves behind an oil slick and other buoyant debris. However, surface debris is not a guarantee for finding a missing aircraft, as seen in the previous search for Air France flight 447, which took place 8,000 miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. The lessons learned from that search may prove useful in the ongoing search for MH370.On the 1st of June, 2009, Air France 447 departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with 216 passengers and 12 crew members bound for Paris. The flight path was expected to be affected by severe thunderstorms, according to weather reports. The plane's onboard computers sent emergency warnings three hours and 45 minutes into the flight, when it was closest to the equator, before becoming silent. Olivier Ferrante, who led the French search party, took the warning signals as a starting point. The team found maintenance and position messages that were helpful in the search. The search took place in a remote and deep ocean area. However, the team had several advantages, including a known flight path and an accurate final position. Surface debris was found within five days. Despite initial optimism, it took four expeditions, two years, and forty million dollars to locate the plane. Ferrante was cautious when they found the wreckage, as they had previously received false alerts. The search took so long due to the immense water pressure, freezing temperatures, total darkness, and hidden dangers that search teams face when conducting deep-water searches. The team used data collected during the search, along with the latest visualisation technology, to drain the Atlantic Ocean and reveal the hostile environment. The remains of Air France 447 were found at a depth of 12,800 feet. The wreckage consisted of engines, wheel assemblies, and other heavy items, as well as smaller, lighter objects that stretched over a third of a mile of the sea floor. The seabed wreckage was almost 24 miles away from the surface wreckage, which investigators had been searching for years. The search for the French aircraft serves as a warning that finding a plane that has sunk into deep water, even with debris and an accurate final position, is challenging. This is a sobering thought for the team searching for MH370, as the search area is much larger than the 17,000 square kilometres that the Air France search covered.