The following on MH370:
29th May 2014, 15:09 | #10940 (permalink) |
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Just releasedMedia Release
29 May 2014—pm Yesterday afternoon, Bluefin-21 completed its last mission searching the remaining areas in the vicinity of the acoustic signals detected in early April by the Towed Pinger Locator deployed from ADV Ocean Shield, within its depth operating limits. The data collected on yesterday’s mission has been analysed. As a result, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre can advise that no signs of aircraft debris have been found by the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle since it joined the search effort. Since Bluefin-21 has been involved in the search, it has scoured over 850 square kilometres of the ocean floor looking for signs of the missing aircraft. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that the search in the vicinity of the acoustic detections can now be considered complete and in its professional judgement, the area can now be discounted as the final resting place of MH370. Ocean Shield departed the search area last night and is expected to arrive at Fleet Base West on Saturday. As advised by the Australian Deputy Prime Minister on 5 May 2014, the search for MH370 continues and now involves three major stages:
The expert satellite working group continues to review and refine complex analyses of radar and satellite data and aircraft performance data to determine where the aircraft most likely entered the water. The findings of the review will be made public in due course. |
Published data on MH370 as to likely arc of location
[from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370#Timeline_of_disappearance]:
Military Radar plot from Pulau Perak to last plot:
The radar traces for MH370:
The following is the ATSB version of the Imsarrat data: