MH370 Search Update: Traces Of Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight Could Be Found At Indonesian Coastline—Report
Even after seven months of its disappearance, missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues to baffle the experts. Latest reports suggest that investigators may look at areas away from Australian coastline as the wreckage from the missing Boeing 777 might be found at the coast of Indonesia.
According to Independent UK the authorities conducting the search mission of MH370 claim that the debris of the plane "is most likely to wash up on the coast of Indonesia, not Australia" after the crash. The report notes that the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is continuously receiving information from those dedicated to the work of locating missing airliner. The information received is reportedly being "reviewed carefully" and regularly. Based on the analysis of the flow of ocean water, the authorities suggested it is much more likely that "debris would have drifted the other way."
"The ATSB reviews all of this correspondence carefully, but drift modelling undertaken by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has suggested that if there were any floating debris, it is far more likely to have travelled west, away from the coastline of Australia," released by the authority stated.
Furthermore, the report notes that they have "issued an alert" in Indonesia and have advised the authorities to pay attention to the appearance of any evidence from MH370. Meanwhile, The Star states that Indonesia is yet to confirm if they have discovered any traces from MH370 disaster on Indonesian shoreline according to deputy Transport Ministry secretary general Datuk Ruhaizah Mohamed Rashid.
"We have not received any information from there, and if there is, the Indonesian authorities will get in touch with the Malaysian authorities," told Ruhaizah Mohamed Rashid to the reporters.
The secretary to the Transport Ministry also noted that if the Indonesian investigators uncover any related debris, it will be handed over to Australia to be photographed and Boeing will investigate and verify the evidence further.
MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014 briefly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur airport. The missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner was carrying 239 people from 15 different nations. The airliner lost its contact with the radar when it was flying over the South China Sea. Based on satellite data, Malaysian government declared that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. Since then, extensive and joint search missions have been initiated by many countries. However, the location of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane remains unknown.