MH370 Search Update: Was Reported That Experts Claim To Know The Possible Location; Suggest Authorities To Look ‘Further South In The Indian Ocean’
Almost seven months after, the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 still remains a mystery. Despite extensive international efforts, traces of the missing Boeing 777 have not been found yet. As the search continues, the hunt for the aircraft is going to enter a new phase. However, a group of experts calling themselves Independent Group have suggested Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) that they, the search should be concentrated "further south in the Indian Ocean."
According to Malaysia Kini report, these experts claim their findings are based on "extensive analysis" and the plane may be have ended some 2,554 km southwest of Perth. The report notes that the team of Independent Group investigators consists of 13 experts including satellite communications expert Tim Farrar, astronomer Duncan Steel and science writer Jeffery Wise. This group is reportedly trying to trace the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 based on "publically available date."
The Independent Group presented an eight-page report to ATSB, last week.
"Our 'most probable' end point is located at 37.71°S 88.75°E ... further to the south than any of the currently announced potential search areas," the group states in the report.
It claims that the plane's location "is some 900km (559 miles approx) southwest from the priority search area."
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board. The airliner was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it lost contact within few minutes after the take off. It became one of the greatest mysteries of the aviation history. Several theories regarding the plane's disappearance are swirling around. However, none of them have been confirmed. On March 24, the Malaysian government announced that the plane ended in southern Indian Ocean.
Contrary to the theory stating that two engines ran out of fuel simultaneously, the Independent Group suggests that it happened "one after the other." It is reported that this may have led the plane to "spiral dive towards the ocean" at 287 km (180 miles approx) per hour. The findings of the experts are reportedly based on the study of "final transmissions."
The independent investigators claim that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 remained in "seventh arc," the area where the plane was positioned when it made the communication with the satellite.
The team of experts have reportedly asked the authorities to reveal various kinds of information that could assist in locating MH370.
Meanwhile, ABC is reporting that the search effort is about to enter a new phase with GO Phoenix beginning the underwater hunt on Oct. 6, 2014. It will later be joined by other two watercrafts The Fugro Discovery and The Fugro Equator.