Two months on, still nothing. Zero. I really find it hard to believe that not a single shred of evidence has been found if indeed the plane crashed where they said it did.
Worse is, by their own admission, they are going back to the drawing board, after wasting 2 months of effort.
Why the u-turn now, when they were so convinced with the Inmarsat data in the first place? This proves that the information provided by Inmarsat is unreliable. And Malaysia still insist on searching in the SAME AREA?
It makes no sense at all.
Common sense tells us that when we go back to the drawing board, ALL possibilities, data and information should not be discounted. Hence, they should be investigating all claims and angles. The nothern arch perhaps? the South China Sea? Gulf of Thailand?
Worse is, by their own admission, they are going back to the drawing board, after wasting 2 months of effort.
Why the u-turn now, when they were so convinced with the Inmarsat data in the first place? This proves that the information provided by Inmarsat is unreliable. And Malaysia still insist on searching in the SAME AREA?
It makes no sense at all.
Common sense tells us that when we go back to the drawing board, ALL possibilities, data and information should not be discounted. Hence, they should be investigating all claims and angles. The nothern arch perhaps? the South China Sea? Gulf of Thailand?
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: Officials say it's back to drawing board with data as search enters ‘new phase’
“Unfortunately all of that effort has found nothing. We have been confident on the basis of the information provided that the search area was the right one, but in practice that confidence has not been converted into us discovering any trace of the aircraft.”
Mr Truss said that as visual searches above the surface seemed increasingly unlikely to produce any sign of debris from the plane, the next stage of the search would be “focussed on intensifying the ocean floor search in a much larger area”.
Angus Houston, the former chief marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force tasked with leading the search, said they wanted to ensure their assumptions were correct.
“We've got to this stage of the process where it's very sensible to go back and have a look at all of the data that has been gathered, all of the analysis that has been done and make sure there's no flaws in it, the assumptions are right, the analysis is right and the deductions and conclusions are right,” he said.
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-officials-say-its-back-to-drawing-board-with-data-as-search-enters-new-phase-9323768.html
Govt seeks help from local firms in MH370 search mission
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian companies are ready to deploy their specialised assets in the new deepwater search phase for flight MH370.
Acting transport minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said he has contacted SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd (SapuraKencana), Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), Boustead Holding Bhd, Deftech Engineering Sdn Bhd to assist in the search mission.
"These companies have been contacted to possibly deploy their specialised assets to help in the search mission," Hishammuddin said.
Hishammuddin was referring to underwater systems and platforms which include unmanned vehicles, deep-water side-scan sonars, remotely operated vehicles, and support vessels.
- http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1034927
US pilot believes he's found wreckage of missing airliner
Published: 15:12 GMT, 28 April 2014 | Updated: 16:45 GMT, 28 April 2014
A pilot from New York believes he has found the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airline Flight 370 off the coast of Thailand after searching thousands of satellite images online.
Michael Hoebel, 60, spent hours trawling through the images made available to the public on a crowd-sourcing website, TomNod.com, before coming across what he believes is the doomed plane.
The recreational pilot from Tonawanda said he was shocked to discover that the aircraft, which vanished two months ago, appeared to be in one piece beneath the water off the northeast coast of Malaysia, just west of Songkhla in Thailand. The image was taken days after the crash.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614932/U-S-pilot-believes-hes-wreckage-missing-Malaysia-flight-searching-satellite-images.html
An interesting take on what happened to Flight MH370...
Day 23 (30 March 2014) - Looks like it's going to be a long search
Malaysia flight MH370: Chinese families vent anger
Relatives of Chinese passengers from the missing Malaysian plane have vented their anger at government officials, after arriving in Kuala Lumpur.Chanting "Tell us the truth", they said they wanted the Malaysian prime minister to apologise for what they regard as misleading statements.Ten planes and eight ships are looking for remains of the airliner in a vast area of the Indian Ocean.
An Australian vessel carrying a US device known as a "towed pinger locator" is due to join the search in the coming days.The device is designed to detect any ultrasonic signals - "pings" - from flight recorders and can operate up to a depth of about 6,000m.But the search area is huge - covering some 319,000 sq km (123,000 sq miles) - and time is running short. The flight recorders' batteries are expected to run out in about a week's time.- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26806791
As much as I sympathise with the Chinese people and the families of the crew and passengers for their loss, but I think the Chinese group's unrelentless demands and criticism on the Malaysian Government and Malaysians in general are becoming illogical. There are people from other nations including Malaysian passengers and crew on that plane. In times of crisis and loss, we sometimes lose sight of reality. To the people of China and others critical of Malaysia, please know that the people of Malaysia can empathise with you because we lost our people as well. Although Malaysia has it's shortcomings, I'm positive that the Malaysian government is doing it's best. If there are indeed reasonable suspicion on the government's actions, the families of the Malaysian passengers will be the first to demand answers. But in the meantime, it is prudent for everyone to remain gounded and focus on the more important task of finding the plane.
Sometimes, the answers you seek lies with those countries which possess more advanced technology and counter intelligence capabilities. In this day and age, it is no child's play to make a jetliner disappear without anyone knowing about it. And if those advanced nations, with their advanced equipments, ships, planes and satellites, still couldn't find the plane, who else can?
Malaysians, regardless of political affiliation, shoud not add fuel to the fire. This tragedy, if you have not realised already, is going to have a heavy impact on our country more than one would think.
However, the worst come from Malaysians themselves, some whom are exploiting this tragedy for politics, criticising the country, and even questioning the loyalty of Chinese Malaysians just because of the actions and political affliation of a disillusioned few.
It has never crossed the small minds of these Chinese haters that there were many Chinese Malaysians on board that plane, including crew members. It matters not to these Chinese haters that there are many Chinese Malaysian volunteers who are currently providing support and counselling to the grieving families. These people also conveniently disregard the actions and words from those of their own race in disparaging their own country and government. They also conveniently ignore the less than flattering reporting by some of the foreign press.
The loyalty of citizens are to the country, not to personalities or political parties.
There are insidious and traitorous persons and groups bent on creating disharmony in this country. It is sad that these types would exploit a tragedy like this for their own agendas. And their relentless pursuit of blaming and threatening the Chinese shows their true racist views and motives. Perhaps that is their idea of loyalty?
And the irony is, these are the same people who would deny they are racists, often hiding behind their Chinese relatives, parent, spouse or friends. These are the same people, whom have no compunction in proclaiming sympathy for the families of this tragedy while in the same breath, spewing hate towards the Chinese.
They say, trying times brings out the best in people, but sometimes, we get the opposite.
Day 19 (27 March 2014) - Search continues
When the Prime Minister made the announcement 2 days ago, many thought that they had discovered debris from the plane. Unfortunately, it was only based on the data from Inmarsat.Today, French satellite photos showed 122 potential objects. And apparently, the first lawsuit against Malaysia Airline & Boeing is on it's way. Looks like money is a priority for some people.
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The objects spotted by French satellites. Images processed by MRSA.
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"MRSA analysed the images, and in an area measuring some 400 sq km, were able to identify 122 potential objects. Some objects were a metre in length, some objects were 23 metres in length. Some of the objects appeared bright, possibly indicating solid material," said Hishammuddin during a press conference at the Putra World Trade Centre here on Wednesday.- http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/26/MH370-crash-new-french-sat-pix-122-objects/
U.S. law firm seeks records from Malaysian Airlines, Boeing
(Reuters) - Malaysian Airlines and Boeing Co are facing a potential lawsuit over the Beijing-bound flight that disappeared more than two weeks ago with 239 people on board, according to a law firm representing passengers' families.
A petition for discovery has been filed against Boeing Co, manufacturer of the aircraft, and Malaysian Airlines, operator of the plane, Chicago-based Ribbeck Law said in a statement on Tuesday.
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/26/us-malaysia-airlines-lawsuit-idUSBREA2P01K20140326
Day 17 (25 March 2014) - BREAKING NEWS
It was just announced that evidence point to the plane had indeed crashed in the Indian Ocean. None of those 239 on board survived.
All 239 on board MH370 are lost
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines has issued a text message to the families deeply regretting that MH370 has been lost and none of of the 239 passengers and crew on board survived.
The text message to the families read:
"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."
- http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/24/missing-mh370-mas-text-message/
Day 16 (24 March 2014)
Seems like the search is concentrated in the south corridor with evidence of various satellite sightings. Some highlights: |
| http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26678492 |
Key Points
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26711298
- A multinational search is continuing in the southern Indian Ocean on Monday for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
- Chinese aircraft searching for the missing plane spotted "suspicious" objects, Chinese state media said on Monday.
- The airliner with 239 people on board disappeared on 8 March after leaving Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing.
- Ten planes were due to scour the southern Indian Ocean area on Monday for possible debris picked up earlier by radar echoes and satellite imagery.
- Chinese and Japanese planes on Monday joined the search in the southern corridor.
Day 10 (16 March 2014)
If indeed MH370 was hijacked, where could the plane have landed? Possibly somewhere remote and difficult to find... Afganistan seems to have many remote airfields.
Kyrgyzstan
Osh Airport
Daroot-Korgon Airport
Tajikistan
Murgab Airport
Afganistan
Jalalabad Airport
Kunduz Airport
Khost Airfield
Fayzabad Airport
Khwahan Airport
Sheghnan Airport
Taloqan Airport
Day 8 (16 March 2014)
Malaysian PM Najib gave a press statement today. Hopefully the plane managed to land safely without casualties..... |
| Apparently, there are 2 directions MH370 could have flown. I'm more inclined to think that hey took the north-west direction. |
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| Refering to the graphics above, right at the edge of the red line are 2 possible places MH370 could have landed, Kashgar Airport & Hotan Airport. Just my assumptions. |
Najib: MH370 deviated but no confirmation on hijacking
Saturday March 15, 2014 MYT 6:22:24 PM
- the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) was disabled just before the aircraft reached the East coast of peninsular Malaysia.
- Shortly afterwards, near the border between Malaysian and Vietnamese air traffic control, the aircraft’s transponder was switched off.
- From this point onwards, the Royal Malaysian Air Force primary radar showed that an aircraft which was believed – but not confirmed – to be MH370 did indeed turn back. It then flew in a westerly direction back over peninsular Malaysia before turning northwest. Up until the point at which it left military primary radar coverage, these movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane.
- According to the new data, the last confirmed communication between the plane and the satellite was at 8:11AM Malaysian time on Saturday 8th March.
- However, based on this new data, the aviation authorities of Malaysia and their international counterparts have determined that the plane’s last communication with the satellite was in one of two possible corridors: a northern corridor stretching approximately from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand, or a southern corridor stretching approximately from Indonesia to the southern Indian ocean.
- In view of this latest development the Malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board.
- We are ending our operations in the South China Sea and reassessing the redeployment of our assets.
- For the families and friends of those involved, we hope this new information brings us one step closer to finding the plane.
Day 7 (15 March 2014)
One week already and still no sign of the plane. However, based on reports, the data so far points to a strong possibility of hijacking or sabotage. Assuming the plane was still flying for 5 hours after IGARI waypoint, and it only took the plane about 2 hours to reach Andaman Sea. So, what happened during the last 3 hours? |
| Route based on satellite signal from the plane. |
Najib: No confirmation missing MH370 hijacked
“Today, based on raw satellite data which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraft shown in the primary radar data was flight MH370,” said Najib.
According to the new data, the last confirmed communication between the plane and the satellite was at 8.11am Malaysian time on Saturday, March 8. - http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/15/Najib-No-confirmation-missing-MH370-hijacked/
Day 6 (14 March 2014)
It has been 6 days since MH370's mysterious disappearance. Unfortunately, the news reports for the past few days has been anything but informative. Apart from blame, rumours, denials & theories, there has not been a single piece of information out there that would give us a clue as to the whereabouts of the missing plane.So, I have decided that it is pointless for me to update this post unless there is something worthwhile or groundbreaking to post.
In the meantime, we can only hope... and wait.
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| Based on the WSJ article, the plane could have travelled anywhere within or even beyond the green circle. |
The information in the WSJ article if true, could potentially change the direction of investigations & search and rescue missions. However, the Malaysian government has denied any knowledge nor info regarding this.
Perhaps WSJ and the journalist should offer clarification on how they obtained such information.
Malaysian officials deny claims that missing flight MH370 flew on for hours
Thursday 13 March 2014 12.30 GMT
Airline chief says Rolls-Royce and Boeing have said they did not receive data from plane after 1.07am on night of disappearance.Malaysian authorities have said reports that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have flown for an additional four hours beyond its last sighting are inaccurate, and that the final information received from its engines indicated everything was operating normally.Sources described as familiar with the details of the missing Boeing 777's data had told the Wall Street Journal that US investigators believed the plane had flown for a total of five hours, indicating that the plane may have been diverted "with the intention of using it later for another purpose".The theory was based on data downloaded in real time straight from the Boeing's engines, which are manufactured by British company Rolls-Royce."We have contacted both the possible sources of data – Rolls-Royce and Boeing – and both have said they did not receive data beyond 1.07am," Malaysia Airlines chief executive, Ahmad Jauhari Yahyain, told reporters on Thursday afternoon. "The last transmission at 1.07am stated that everything was operating normally." - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/malaysian-officials-deny-flight-mh370-missing-plane-flew-hours
U.S. Investigators Suspect Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane Flew On for Hours
Engine Data Suggest Malaysia Flight Was Airborne Long After Radar Disappearance....U.S. counterterrorism officials are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner's transponders to avoid radar detection, according to one person tracking the probe.... - SOURCE
Day 3
Still no major news on the missing plane. |
| The photos of some of the missing Malaysians on MH370. 12 Crews & 38 passengers. |
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| Unverified photo supposedly taken by the Vietnam rescue team which shows a floating object that resembles an orange life vest or life raft |
https://www.facebook.com/Malaysia.MH370
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| A Vietnamese navy plane has spotted an object suspected of belonging to the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 that went missing early on Saturday with 239 people on board. |
KUALA LUMPUR - A Vietnamese official says searchers on ships worked throughout the night but could not find a rectangle object spotted yesterday (March 9) afternoon that was thought to be one of the doors of a missing Boeing 777.
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/vietnam-cannot-find-object-thought-be-jet-door
MISSING MH370: Man claims possible sighting of airliner
"I was walking towards my back door when I caught a glimpse of the white light.
"It was moving towards the sea, towards Bachok area, which was unusual."Usually, aircrafts that fly over here have their usual route pattern, but this one went completely towards the other way," he said.
Day 2
Not much new development on the search and rescue efforts. Hope they will have more success tomorrow. Some highlights below. |
| An aerial view of an oil spill is seen from a Vietnamese Air Force aircraft in the search area. |
Watch eerie moment family of missing Malaysia Airlines passenger successfully ring his phone - but nobody answers
- The family of a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight successfully rang his mobile phone - but nobody answered.
- This video shows the moment relatives of a Chinese man among the 239 people feared dead after the passenger jet mysteriously disappeared rang his phone live on state television.
- The call connected, but then rang out.
- Chinese media reports that a number of families have been able to ring mobile phones of their missing loved ones but no one answers.
- The development raises even more questions about what has happened to flight MH370.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/missing-malaysia-airlines-eerie-moment-3222919#ixzz2vUzEg1qe
Pilot: I established contact with plane
- SEPANG: A BOEING 777 pilot, who was flying 30 minutes ahead of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, said he established contact with MH370 minutes after he was asked to do so by Vietnamese air traffic control.
- The captain, who asked to not be named, said his plane, which was bound for Narita, Japan, was far into Vietnamese airspace when he was asked to relay, using his plane's emergency frequency, to MH370 for the latter to establish its position, as the authorities could not contact the aircraft.
- "We managed to establish contact with MH370 just after 1.30am and asked them if they have transferred into Vietnamese airspace.
- "The voice on the other side could have been either Captain Zaharie (Ahmad Shah, 53,) or Fariq (Abdul Hamid, 27), but I was sure it was the co-pilot.
Suspected fragments of missing Malaysia Airlines flight found as 'mid-air disintegration' theory investigated
- Vietnamese officials believe they have made the first major breakthrough since the jet carrying 239 people vanished. Chinese warships are on their way to the possible crash site. Vietnamese search teams reportedly spotted what could be fragments of the missing plane a short while ago. However efforts to verify this could be hampered as the local time in Vietnam is now 10.45pm so rescuers will be searching in darkness.
- The agency confirmed today "at least" two passports recorded as lost or stolen in its database were used by passengers on board a missing Malaysia Airlines flight and said it was checking for other suspect passports.
- Interpol said no checks of its database had been made by any country on an Austrian and an Italian passport between the time that they were stolen and the departure of the flight.
Malaysian plane presumed crashed; questions over false IDs
- There were no indications of sabotage nor claims of a terrorist attack. But the passenger manifest issued by the airline included the names of two Europeans - Austrian Christian Kozel and Italian Luigi Maraldi - who, according to their foreign ministries, were not in fact on the plane.
- The 11-year-old Boeing, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines, took off at 12:40 a.m. (1640 GMT Friday) from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and was apparently flying in good weather conditions when it went missing without a distress call.
- Paul Hayes, director of safety at Flightglobal Ascend aviation consultancy, said the flight would normally have been at a routine stage, having reached initial cruise altitude.
"Such a sudden disappearance would suggest either that something is happening so quickly that there is no opportunity to put out a mayday, in which case a deliberate act is one possibility to consider, or that the crew is busy coping with what whatever has taken place," he told Reuters.
- Vietnam said its rescue planes had spotted two large oil slicks, about 15 km (9 miles) long, and a column of smoke off its coastline, but it was not clear if they were connected to the missing plane.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/us-malaysiaairlines-flight-idUSBREA2701720140308
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is feared to have crashed somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand. Search & rescue efforts are underway.
The B777-200 aircraft had left Kuala Lumpur at 12.41am and was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6.30am.
It lost contact with the Subang air traffic control at 2.40am. The 239 passengers and crew onboard the missing MH370 bound for Beijing this morning were from 14 different countries, including the United States, Canada, France and Malaysia.
Condolences goes out to the families & loved ones of the missing.
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| Supposedly the most recent photo of the actual plane (9M-MRO) that went missing today. - Source |
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| Flight path and last known location |
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| Search area allocations. The hatched area was the responsibility of Vietnam, light green Malaysia and darker green Singapore. |
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| Sightings by Vietnam's search & rescue team. |
Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing vanishes
...South-east Asian states have joined forces to search waters between Malaysia and Vietnam after a Malaysia Airlines plane vanished on a flight to Beijing, with 239 people on board......Malaysia Airlines said in a statement that flight MH370 had disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday) after leaving Kuala Lumpur.It had been expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT)....
...The pilot was Capt Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, who joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981...
...A Vietnamese navy official told the BBC the plane had gone missing within Malaysian maritime territory....
Vietnam confirms MAS flight crashed into sea off Tho Chu island
...The Vietnamese navy had earlier confirmed that Kuala Lumpur-Beijing bound Flight MH370 had crashed into the sea off Tho Chu island.
Tuoi Tre quoted Navy Admiral Ngo Van Phat, Commander of Region 5, as saying that military radar reported that the plane crashed into the sea at a location 246km south of Phu Quoc island....
Two passengers on MH370 using stolen passports, say reports
Austria’s foreign ministry spokesman, Martin Weiss, told media outlets that the citizen, who he did not name, was safely living in Austria and had his passport stolen two years ago during a visit to Thailand.
Apart from Italian Luigi Maraldi who is alive in Thailand, Austria has now said that one of its citizens on the passenger list was not on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which went missing this morning.
Austria’s foreign ministry spokesman, Martin Weiss, told media outlets that the citizen, who he did not name, was safely living in Austria and had his passport stolen two years ago during a visit to Thailand.
There is only one Austrian on the passenger list, Christian Kozel, aged 30, The Guardian reported today.
Details are sketchy at the moment. Below are some current discussions online...
https://www.facebook.com/MissingMalaysiaAirlines
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-mh370-contact-lost-20.html
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/6014316
List of passengers & flight crew.
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| Relatives gathered at Beijing International Airport fearing the worst - SOURCE |
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| Relatives of passengers also waited for news at the plane's departure airport in Kuala Lumpur - SOURCE |
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