An Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration 9M-MRO performing flight MH-370 from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Beijing (China) with 227 passengers and 12 crew, was enroute at FL350 about 40 minutes into the flight about 90nm northeast of Kota Bharu (Malaysia) over the Gulf of Thailand in contact with Subang Center (Malaysia) just about to be handed off to Ho Chi Minh Air Traffic Control Center (Vietnam) when radar and radio contact was lost at about 01:22L (17:22Z Mar 7th). Subang Air Traffic Control Center officially told the airline at around 02:40L (18:40Z Mar 7th) that the aircraft was missing. Malaysia's Prime Minister stated on Mar 15th that based on new satellite data there is evidence that the data communication systems and transponder had been turned off by deliberate action by someone on board and the aircraft deviated off course, the last confirmed communication between aircraft and satellites occurred at 00:11Z (Mar 8th). On Mar 24th 2014 Malaysia's Prime Minister announced that according to new computations by Inmarsat and the British AAIB there is no reasonable doubt that flight MH-370 ended in the South Indian Ocean west of Perth (Australia).

On Mar 8th 2014 the airline confirmed on their website the aircraft is missing, a search and rescue operation has been initiated. Subang Air Traffic Control reported at 02:40 local Malaysian time, that radar and radio contact with the aircraft had been lost. The last radar position was N6.92 E103.58. There has been no distress call, no ELT or other signal was received from the aircraft. The focus is currently to locate the aircraft, as of 11:20Z Mar 8th search teams from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have failed to find any evidence of the aircraft. On Mar 9th 2014 14:43L (06:43Z) the airline added, that still no evidence of the aircraft has been found more than 24 hours after last contact with the aircraft and corrected the time of last contact with the aircraft to 1:30L. The airline stated, they are fearing for the worst, depending on where the aircraft will be found a command center will be set either at Kota Bharu or Ho Chi Minh City.

In a press conference the airline stated, the last contact with the aircraft had been about 120 miles (90nm) northeast of Kota Bharu (Malaysia), over the Gulf of Thailand. The aircraft was piloted by an experienced captain (53, 18,365 hours total) and a first officer (27, 2,763 hours total). The aircraft carried 154 Chinese citizens, 38 Malaysians, 7 Indonesians, 6 Australians, 5 Indian, 4 French, 3 citizens of USA, 2 New Zealanders, 2 Ukrainians, 2 Canadians, 1 Russian, 1 Italian, 1 Dutch and 1 Austrian.

On Mar 11th 2014 the airline reported that the aircraft had accumulated 53,465 flight hours in 7,525 flight cycles since its delivery to Malaysia Airlines in 2002. The aircraft has last undergone maintenance on Feb 23rd 2014. All Malaysia Airlines aircraft are equipped with ACARS transmitting monitoring data automatically. However, no distress call and no information was relayed. The search area has been extended and includes the Strait of Malacca west of Malaysia looking at the possibility that the aircraft may have turned back and diverted to Subang (Malaysia).

On Mar 8th 2014 search missions have been launched along the estimated flight track of the aircraft from Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos to China (South China Sea).

On Mar 8th 2014 at about noon local time Vietnamese search personnel reported they have detected an ELT signal about 20nm south of the coast of Ca Mau. Vietnam officials subsequently stated that they have not yet detected flight MH-370.

On Mar 8th 2014 in the afternoon local time an Admiral of the Vietnamese Navy was understood to indicate that the crash site of the aircraft has been located about 130nm south of the Vietnamese Island Tho Chau (110nm southwest of main land Ca Mau), the Navy later said that the admiral only referred to the position of last radio/radar contact with the aircraft, the aircraft has not yet been found.

On Mar 8th 2014 China reported that the aircraft did not enter Chinese airspace (editorial note: which effectively discounts rumours and false reports by a Malaysian outlet of the aircraft having landed in Nanning (China)).

On Mar 8th 2014 Nanning Airport stated the aircraft did not arrive at the airport.

On Mar 9th 2014 the NTSB reported that a go-team has been dispatched to Asia to assist with the investigation into the missing flight MH-370. The NTSB wrote: "Once the location of the airplane is determined, International Civil Aviation Organization protocols will determine which country will lead the investigation."

In the evening of Mar 9th 2014 local time Malaysia's Transport Ministry reported, that no trace of the missing aircraft has been found at dawn Mar 9th after two days of search. The oil slicks as well as debris found so far are not related to the aircraft. Rumours like other crew establishing contact to the accident flight after radar contact was lost, phone contact to a mobile phone of one the passengers of the missing flight or the aircraft having landed in China or Vietnam, are false.

In the night of Mar 9th 2014 Vietnam's Search and Rescue Control Center released a photo of a part floating in the Gulf of Thailand, that despite darkness was discovered by a Twin Otter Aircraft of Vietnam's Coast Guard at position N8.792 E103.374 about 31nm southsouthwest of Tho Chu (editorial note: 114nm north of the last radar contact position) and is believed to be a part of the aircraft. The Control Center stated, the part is definitely made of composite material. Forces will be dispatched to the part after daybreak Mar 10th 2014. Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation said later that this part is unrelated to MH-370, it was not recovered.

Hong Kong's Air Traffic Control Center reported on Mar 10th 2014 around 17:30L (09:30Z) that an airliner enroute on airway L642 reported via HF radio that they saw a large field of debris at position N9.72 E107.42 about 80nm southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, about 50nm off the south-eastern coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea and about 281nm northeast of the last known radar position. Ships have been dispatched to the reported debris field.

On Mar 10th 2014 Vietnam's Search and Rescue Control Center confirmed receiving the report by Hong Kong's Air Traffic Control Center stating that a Hong Kong based airliner reported a large field of debris while enroute on airway L642. A Thai cargo ship in the area was asked for assistance and has set course to the area but did not find anything unusual so far. A second vessel asked for assistance did find some debris. Following this finding Vietnam's Maritime Search and Rescue Services (MRCC) dispatched a ship to the debris field.

On Mar 10th 2014 Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department confirmed a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur spotted large amount of debris while enroute off the coast of South East Vietnam.

Vietnam's Search and Rescue Center later announced that the border guard vessel arriving at the position of the debris field did not find any objects. There were high winds and large waves, the debris possibly drifted away.

On Mar 11th 2014 Malaysia's Air Force reported their primary radar data suggest, the aircraft may have turned west over the Gulf of Thailand at about 1000 meters/3000 feet below the original flight level (editorial note: another possible interpretation could be: at 1000 meters of height compared to 10000 meters original level) and flown past the east coast near Kota Bharu and the west coast of Malaysia near Kedah, the radar return was last seen at 02:40L near Pulau Perak in the Straits of Malacca, about 285nm westsouthwest of the last known (secondary) radar position. Local Police at Kota Bharu confirmed a number of locals reported lights and a low flying aircraft at Kota Bharu at an estimated height of 1000 meters/3000 feet.

Early Mar 12th 2014 the commander of Malaysia's Air Force stated, he did not make statements about the aircraft being tracked across Malaysia into the Strait of Malacca. The Air Force does not discount the possibility of an air turn back however, as stated in a press conference on Mar 9th 2014.

In the evening of Mar 11th 2014 Vietnam's Search and Rescue Center reported they were expanding their search areas both to the east and west including the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. Two Chinese search planes in addition to the Vietnamese ships and aircraft have been operating over Vietnamese waters, so far there has not been any finding. The oil slicks and debris found in the Gulf of Thailand south of Tho Chau Island proved unrelated to MH-370, the field of debris of Mar 10th was determined false alert too.

On Mar 12th 2014 Vietnam's Search and Rescue Control Center reported that analysis of satellite images of Vietnams coastal regions, capable of showing objects sized 2.5 meters by 2.5 meters, did not detect any signs of the aircraft. Around noon the Control Center reported, that the search operation continues in full like the days before based on official information from Malaysia that the aircraft has not been tracked in the Strait of Malacca. 9 Vietnamese aircraft and 9 Vietname ships plus 14 foreign aircraft and 22 foreign ships are searching Vietnamese waters.

On Mar 12th 2014 officials of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority talking to families of occupants of MH-370 in Beijing reported that the aircraft was just in the process of being handed off to Vietnam, the last radio transmission heard from the aircraft was "Okay, good night". The crew did not report on Vietnam's frequency anymore. About three minutes later Vietnam's control center noticed that the aircraft had disappeared from radar and had not reported on his frequency. There had been no emergency or distress calls on any means of communication, although radio coverage of the area is generally good. Malaysia's CAA officials stressed, that they do not have any indication that the aircraft may have turned back or deviated from the planned route. The aircraft "suddenly disappeared". So far the aircraft has not been found although a total of 1788 ships are participating in the search for the aircraft.

Editorial note on Mar 12th 2014: On Mar 10th Malaysia expanded the search area into the Strait of Malacca assigning substantial forces to that large search area (much larger than the search area in the Gulf of Thailand with a radius of 100nm around the last known secondary radar position east of Malaysia). It remains unclear why this has been done given the Mar 12th denials of reports of Mar 11th that the aircraft may have been tracked by primary radar into the Strait of Malacca explaining that widened search. It also remains unclear why on Mar 12th the search is now moving northwest into the Andaman Sea west of Malaysia, especially when there are/were no indications of the aircraft turning back as Malaysia officials told families in Beijing on Mar 12th.

In the evening of Mar 12th 2014 the commander of Malaysia's Air Force confirmed in a televised news conference, that an unidentified radar target was last seen at FL295 about 200nm northwest of Penang (Malaysia) at 02:15L after a number of intermittent returns (editorial note: this translates to just off the coast of Phuket (Thailand) in the Andaman Sea). As the primary radar does not identify which aircraft produced the return (other than secondary radar identifying the aircraft via the aircraft's transponder), it is not clear whether that unidentified target was MH-370. This radar observation however prompted Malaysia's Authorities to expand the search into the Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea.

Late Mar 12th 2014 China's State Administration of Science (SASTIND) reported, they discovered three large objects sized 13x18, 14x19 and 24x22 meters at position N6.7 E105.63 (121nm eastsoutheast of the last known secondary radar position), all three objects within a radius of 20km (11nm) and published the satellite images, taken on Mar 9th 2014 at 11:00 Beijing time (03:00Z), see below. SASTIND stated they are committed to provide further search services to locate flight MH-370.

On Mar 13th 2014 two Vietnamese aircraft reached the position identified by SASTIND but did not find any debris scanning the area for about 3 hours. China's head of government ordered Chinese ships to the position to "try harder" to find the debris identified by the satellite images. The head of China's Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) stated, that the SASTIND satellite images show smoke and floating objects, however, "at this time the CAAC can not confirm these objects are related to MH-370" (editorial note: media reports converted this statement into "the debris is not from MH-370").

On Mar 13th 2014 afternoon Malaysia's Transport Minister said in a televised press conference, that the last ACARS transmission was received from the aircraft at 01:07L (17:07Z), there were no later transmissions via ACARS (editorial note: which effectively states a report by a single US "news" paper of the engines monitoring recording information via ACARS for 4 more hours is untrue), the last transmission received from the aircraft indicated all systems were operating normally. Boeing, Roll Royce, and NTSB confirmed the last data transmission received from the aircraft was at 01:07L. Malaysia's Search Control Center consulted with the NTSB and other agencies with respect to the unidentified primary radar returns and it was a common decision, that there were sufficient grounds to dedicate forces to search for the aircraft west of Malaysia. The aircraft dispatched to the location identified by SASTIND did not find anything, China did not intend to release the satellite images to the public. Malaysia is committed to find the aircraft and is going to intensify search efforts further.

In the afternoon of Mar 14th 2014 Malaysia's Transport Minister re-iterated, that there was a primary target seen indeed, it may be MH-370 but could be any other aircraft too. It can neither be confirmed nor ruled out that this radar target was MH-370. As result the search areas are being widened into the Indian Ocean beyond Andaman Islands to the west as well as to the east further into the South China Sea. Two oil slicks have been discovered near the position of last contact, one of these oil slicks contained jet fuel, however, it is not clear whether this jet fuel comes from MH-370 or not. Malaysia is sharing data that would normally not be shared with the public in the interest of national security. Media reports that the aircraft transmitted any data beyond the point of last contact are not true.

During the press conference in the afternoon of Mar 14th 2014 Malaysia's Transport Minister provided more details about the primary radar observation stating, the target was first picked up at waypoint IGARI at FL350 (editorial note: waypoint IGARI nearly conincides with the last secondary radar position of MH-370) at 01:21L moving towards waypoint VAMPI, then waypoint GIVAL and finally turning northwest towards waypoint IGREX. The target was lost at FL295 after GIVAL at 02:15L.

On Mar 14th 2014 Inmarsat released following statement on their website: "Routine, automated signals were registered on the Inmarsat network from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 during its flight from Kuala Lumpur. This information was provided to our partner SITA, which in turn has shared it with Malaysia Airlines. For further information, please contact Malaysia Airlines." (Editorial note: this statement does NOT state at which times this occurred, nor does it state that those signals were registered after 17:22Z on Mar 7th).

On Mar 15th 2014 Malaysia's Prime Minister stated in a press conference: "based on new satellite communication we can say with a high degree of certainty that 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." Movements of the aircraft until the aircraft left Malaysia's primary radar coverage were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the aircraft. The primary radar target, so far believed but not confirmed to be MH-370, could today be identified as MH-370 with the help of new data received from the satellite data provider. The aircraft could have flown on for 7 hours, the last trace of the aircraft was identified at 08:11L (00:11Z Mar 8th). "Due to the type of satellite data we are unable to confirm the precise location of the plane when it last made contact with the satellite." However, the investigation was able to determine that the last communication was in one of two corridors: "the northern corridor stretching approximately from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand or the southern corridor stretching approximately from Indonesia to Southern Indian Ocean." The investigation team is working to further refine the information. The search in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand has been ended. "In view of this latest development the Malaysian Authorities have refocussed their investigation into the crew and passengers on board. Despite media reports, that the plane was hijacked, I wish to be very clear we are still investigating all possibilities as to what caused MH-370 to deviate from its original flight path."

On Mar 15th 2014, following the speach by Malaysia's Prime Minister, Malaysia Airlines released a statement stating amongst others: "This is truly an unprecedented situation, for Malaysia Airlines and for the entire aviation industry. There has never been a case in which information gleaned from satellite signals alone could potentially be used to identify the location of a missing commercial airliner. Given the nature of the situation and its extreme sensitivity, it was critical that the raw satellite signals were verified and analysed by the relevant authorities so that their significance could be properly understood. This naturally took some time, during which we were unable to publicly confirm their existence.

We were well aware of the ongoing media speculation during this period, and its effect on the families of those on board. Their anguish and distress increases with each passing day, with each fresh rumour, and with each false or misleading media report. Our absolute priority at all times has been to support the authorities leading the multinational search for MH370, so that we can finally provide the answers which the families and the wider community are waiting for."

On Mar 16th 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport said, that the search has become much more difficult now including 25 instead of so far 14 countries including diplomatic efforts. Areas of land in 11 countries are being searched. Satellite data, primary and secondary radar data as well as search aircraft and ships are being requested. The aircraft took off with the fuel planned according to flight plan, there was no additional fuel loaded. The investigation refocussed on crew, all passengers as well as all ground personnel handling the aircraft. The crew homes have been searched, the captain's flight simulator equipment was dismantled and re-assembled at police premises for further investigation. The crew members had not requested to fly together. The team of Inmarsat have arrived in Malaysia supporting the investigation. Priority is still on the search and rescue operation. There have been no attempts to contact Malaysia, the airline or any other party in order to seek ransom or other compensation in exchange for occupants or the aircraft. There was no hazardeous cargo on board, the cargo has been checked according to standard operating procedures. The satellite signals could also have been sent while the aircraft was on the ground as long as there was electrical power available.

On Mar 17th 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport reported that three investigators of the French BEA, who had been involved in the search for AF-447 see Crash: Air France A332 over Atlantic on Jun 1st 2009, aircraft entered high altitude stall and impacted ocean, have arrived in Malaysia and are joining the search for MH-370 sharing their knowledge and experience with AF-447. Police had visited the homes of both pilots on Mar 9th 2014 and spoken with family members, one Mar 15th the captain's flight simulator was disassembled with the help of family members and re-assembled at police premises for further investigation. The last ACARS transmission received was at 01:07L, the next regular ACARS transmission would have occurred at 01:37L 30 minutes later. It is not known when the ACARS system was disabled. Initial investigation identified the first officer was transmitting the last radio call at 01:19L.

On Mar 17th 2014 Australia announced that they are going to dedicate substantial forces to coordinate and conduct the search in the sectors of the South Indian Ocean. All Australian agencies are reviewing their data to see whether anything can be determined that might help to locate the aircraft.

On Mar 18th 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign Affairs stated, that all countries operating satellites have been contacted in search for additional clues in the search area of 2.24 million square nautical miles. Equipment with deep sea detection capability is being asked for. There have been diplomatic efforts to contact and seek assistance from the countries in the northern and southern search corridors, the response has been excellent. There have been no new data discovered from Indonesia so far, the data are being revisited however, not only satellite but also all other data Indonesia's military might have about the hours following the disappearance of MH-370. Current focus of the investigation is to narrow the search area by the use of additional data that may be available through satellite and other sources by other nations, there have been talks with the US Department of Defense in that respect, too. As of current there is still equal focus on both northern and southern corridors. The aircraft's transponder responses were last seen at 01:21L. Every country in the search area is in possession of primary radar data, the data are being assessed and all aircraft movements in the search area are currently being identified. However, the only primary radar data in the open is Malaysia's. Malaysia has put the interest of passengers and the search for MH-370 above national interest.

Mar 18th 2014: According to China's news agency Xinhua China have started to search for MH-370 within China's territory.

On Mar 18th 2014 Australia's Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA) confirmed they are coordinating a search for MH-370 in the South Indian Ocean. The first search area is about 1500nm southwest of Perth,WA (Australia), aircraft from Australia, New Zealand and the USA are participating in that search.

On Mar 18th 2014 Thailand's Air Force reported that they did pick up a primary target of an airliner on Mar 8th once that departed Kuala Lumpur towards Vietnam, however, had no subsequent contact with such a target. The information has been passed on to Malaysia. The Air Marshal stated that media reports in Thailand referring to the Air Forces' chief claiming, the air forces' primary radar at Surat Thani had tracked an aircraft departing from Malaysia, turning around and passing Butterworth (Malaysia) were inaccurate. The Marshal added, that had the aircraft been tracked in Thailand's airspace, the Air Force would have responded, and an information would have been provided to Malaysia. On Mar 19th 2014 the Marshal told Malaysia's Authorities, that an intermittent signal of an airliner was picked up at 01:28L as it headed towards Kuala Lumpur from the South China Sea, turned right towards Butterworth (Malaysia) and was lost from radar. That signal was only detected after specific request by Malaysia, the signal was never observed within Thailand's airspace.

On Mar 19th 2014 Malaysia's Transport Minister said, Malaysia contacted the Maldives, the Air Force Chief of Maldives told Malaysia the reports of an aircraft sighting at the Maldives Islands are not true. Both corridors are of equal importance in the search operation, the southern corridor is much more challenging however. The logs of the captain's flight simulator have recently been "cleared". There were no findings of any signficance with any of the passengers. The aircraft followed its regular flight plan to Beijing via waypoint IGARI, there is no evidence that waypoints have been added or modified.

On Mar 20th 2014 Australia's Maritime Safety Agency announced that expert analysis of satellite images by Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation showed two pieces of debris about 2500km (1350nm) southwest of Perth adjacent to the search area defined. The debris may or may not be related to MH-370. Three search planes have been dispatched to the location as well as a fourth plane tasked to drop buoys. A Norwegian merchant ship, that has joined the search for MH-370, has been dispatched to and has already reached the location, too. Later on Australia released panchromatic (left) and multispectral (right) satellite images taken on Mar 16th 2014 which led to the discovery of two objects at positions S44.05 E90.96 and S44.05 E91.224 (distance 11.89nm between objects, 3085nm from last primary radar contact). The US Navy said, strong radar returns received by search aircraft in the area, are not linked to the objects. Australia pledged to continue the search for the objects by air and ship until located, unless it is certain they can not be found. If the objects are not located today, they'll be searched for tomorrow, ... In the evening of Mar 20th AMSA tweeted that the first search aircraft, a RAAF Orion P3, had not been able to locate the objects but encountered limited visibility due to cloud and rain in the search area. In the evening the search was suspended but is going to resume on Mar 21st 2014 (local Australian time).

On Mar 20th 2014 Malaysia's Transport Minister stated in the daily briefing, that Australia's prime minister called Malaysia advising that two objects have been identified southwest of Perth in satellite images which may or may not be related to MH-370. Search aircraft have been dispatched into the area, another aircraft has been tasked to drop data buoys to assist in identifying drifts. An Australian Navy vessel has been dispatched to the area but is several days away. China is using 21 satellites to search for the aircraft within China's borders, other countries in the northern search area are conducting aerial searches. 18 ships are searching the southern corridor.

In the evening of Mar 21st 2014 Australia's Maritime Safety Agency AMSA reported that the searches of Mar 21st have been concluded without any sightings. 6 aircraft have been scanning 23,000 square kilometers of waters. By now two merchant ships are in the area, the Royal Australian vessel HMAS Success is expected to arrive in the search area on Mar 22nd.

On Mar 21st 2014 Inmarsat experts stated, that the pings received by their satellite over the Indian Ocean were basically signals to check whether the aircraft still wanted service ("are you alive"). It was positively established that the pings were coming from 9M-MRO indicating the receiver and transmitter were still powered up. In further determination the round trip time of signals from the satellite sending the inquiry out until receiving the reply from the aircraft was measured and it was detected, that the round trip time increased from hour to hour, which indicated the aircraft was moving away from its last known (secondary radar) position.

On Mar 22nd 2014 Malaysia Airlines stated: "Malaysia Airlines wishes to clarify that the lithium ion batteries carried onboard MH370 on 8 March 2014 was in compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) requirements where it is classified as Non Dangerous Goods."

On Mar 22nd 2014 Malaysia's Transport Minister said that China, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Laos, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have reported according preliminary analysis of radar data there were no sightings of the aircraft on Mar 8th in their countries. A cyclone has been forecast to affect the southern corridor search area with very strong winds and rough sea. The transcript of the communication between aircraft and Malaysian ATC as well as the cargo manifest is in possession of the investigation, they are going to be released to the public in due course. The minister stated: "Preliminary investigation of the cargo manifest has not shown any link to anything that might have contributed to MH370’s disappearance".

On Mar 22nd 2014 China's State Administration of Science (SASTIND) released a new satellite image identifying an object floating in the waters at S44.95 E90.22. The satellite image was taken on Mar 18th, the object has been determined to be 22 by 13 meters (in Malaysia press conference erroneously reported as 22 by 30 meters as the Ministry of Transport of Malaysia later confirmed). The position of this object is about 63nm southwest of the objects identified by AMSA on Mar 20th 2014.

On Mar 22nd 2014 late night Australia's AMSA reported that all aircraft have returned to base. One aircraft sighted objects with naked eyes including identifying a wooden pallet, a buoy has been dropped into the debris to track its movement, another aircraft was dispatched and reported only seeing clumps of seaweed. A merchant ship is approaching that position to collect the objects. The Chinese satellite discovery was within Saturday's search area, aircraft tasked to the search however did not sight that debris. The search continues on Sunday (Mar 23rd) in the effort to locate the objects observed on satellite images so far.

On Mar 23rd 2014 Malaysia's Transport Minister said, that Malaysia received new satellite images from French Authorities showing potential objects in the vicinity of the current search area in the southern corridor. The images were forwarded to Australia. Two Chinese and Two Japanese search aircraft have joined the Australian search out of Perth. An Australian vessel carrying a remote controlled submarine vehicle is on the way in the search area. Indonesia is leading the search into the northern part of the south corridor, two search aircraft from India joined the search out of Subang. The last ACARS transmission received from the aircraft at 01:07L showed nothing unusual and showed a normal routing towards Beijing.

On Mar 23rd 2014 AMSA reported that a number of civil aircraft including an Airbus A319-100 have joined the search southwest of Perth. An area of 59,000 square kilometers is being searched during Mar 23rd, the area has been determined based on drift modelling derived from the marker buoys dropped during first day of search. By the end of Mar 23rd there were no sightings of significance from all 8 aircraft and HMAS Success involved in the search, earlier the day there had been fog in the search area, the conditions however improved during the day.

In the early afternoon of Mar 24th 2014 AMSA tweeted that one of the Chinese search planes spotted objects in the South Indian Ocean within the search area of 69.500 square kilometers of today. Resources are being relocated. Later AMSA reported that an Australian search plane saw one circular grey or green object and a rectangular orange object in the search area, the objects are different from the earlier Chinese observation. HMAS Success is heading towards these objects.

During the regular press conference of Malaysia's Transport Minister on Mar 24th 2014 the airline representative stated, that the first officer was on his 6th flight on the Boeing 777 after having undergone conversion training from another aircraft type. The aircraft was carrying wooden pallets but there is no evidence the wooden pallet sighted in the South Indian Ocean was one carried by MH-370. The aircraft was carrying 200kg of Lithium batteries packaged in full compliance with safety requirements in addition to electronics and several tons of fruit.

On Mar 24th 2014 Malaysia's Prime Minster called for an unscheduled press conference at 10pm local time (14:00Z). Families of occupants of the aircraft in Beijing have been called in to a short term meeting, and there are reports the families of occupants have been booked onto charter flights to Australia. Relatives in Kuala Lumpur have commenced a meeting at 21:30L.

In the press conference on Mar 24th 2014 Malaysia's Prime Minister said, that the experts of the AAIB briefed the prime minister stating that the satellite experts have done further computations on the satellite data using methods never used before. Based on the new computations Inmarsat and the AAIB have concluded MH-370 flew the southern corridor with its final position west of Perth, Australia at a remote area of the Indian Ocean with no landing sites. "It is with deep sadness and regret I must inform you that, according to these new data, flight MH-370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean", the Prime Minister stated.

Shortly after the Prime Minister's press conference on Mar 24th 2014 Malaysia Airlines released their statement given to relatives of the occupants stating: "Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia’s Prime Minister, new analysis of satellite data suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."

Shortly after the PM's press conference of Mar 24th 2014 Inmarsat reported that the new analysis of their satellite data used to identify the corridor and final location was based on the Doppler effects modifying radio waves and frequencies depending on speed and direction of travel of the aircraft, these data were compared to other flights. The computations are not precise enough to give the accurate position, however, made it possible to identify the general location. The new modelling and comparism were developed after the first discovery of the data on Mar 11th 2014, the work is still in progress.

On Mar 25th 2014 Australia's AMSA decided to suspend all search activities for the day due to weather conditions with forecast gales of 80+ kph and associated sea swell as well as low level cloud with bases forecast at 200 to 500 feet, the conditions would pose a risk to the search crews. The search is estimated to resume on Mar 26th.

On Mar 25th 2014 Malaysia's Transport Minister reported in the daily press conference the last complete handshake between satellite and aircraft took place at 00:11Z as previously reported, there is evidence that another incomplete hand shake occurred at 00:19Z. A new method based on Doppler effect to compute the speed of the aircraft relative to the satellite and compare these results with other aircraft along the northern and southern corridor showed little match within the northern corridor but good match with the southern corridor, the method permitted to roughly locate the aircraft at the time of the last complete handshake. As result the search in the north corridor as well as in the northern part of the southern corridor have been aborted, the search area has been narrowed to 469,407 square nautical miles instead of the previous 2.24 million square nautical miles. Works to further narrow down the search area including decoding and analysis of the last incomplete handshake at 00:19Z continue. In the search area near Perth six Chinese ships are estimated to arrive on Mar 26th, HMAS Success is going to return to the search area after temporarily having left the area due to rough sea and weather. The Transport minister said quote: "In recent days Inmarsat developed a second innovative technique which considers the velocity of the aircraft relative to the satellite. Depending on this relative movement, the frequency received and transmitted will differ from its normal value, in much the same way that the sound of a passing car changes as it approaches and passes by. This is called the Doppler effect. The Inmarsat technique analyses the difference between the frequency that the ground station expects to receive and one that is actually measured. This difference is the result of the Doppler effect and is known as the Burst Frequency Offset. The Burst Frequency Offset changes depending on the location of the aircraft on an arc of possible positions, its direction of travel, and its speed. In order to establish confidence in its theory, Inmarsat checked its predictions using information obtained from six other B777 aircraft flying on the same day in various directions. There was good agreement. While on the ground at Kuala Lumpur airport, and during the early stage of the flight, MH370 transmitted several messages. At this stage the location of the aircraft and the satellite were known, so it was possible to calculate system characteristics for the aircraft, satellite, and ground station. During the flight the ground station logged the transmitted and received pulse frequencies at each handshake. Knowing the system characteristics and position of the satellite it was possible, considering aircraft performance, to determine where on each arc the calculated burst frequency offset fit best. The analysis showed poor correlation with the Northern corridor, but good correlation with the Southern corridor, and depending on the ground speed of the aircraft it was then possible to estimate positions at 0011 UTC, at which the last complete handshake took place. I must emphasise that this is not the final position of the aircraft. There is evidence of a partial handshake between the aircraft and ground station at 0019 UTC. At this time this transmission is not understood and is subject to further ongoing work. No response was received from the aircraft at 0115 UTC, when the ground earth station sent the next log on / log off message. This indicates that the aircraft was no longer logged on to the network. Therefore, sometime between 0011 UTC and 0115 UTC the aircraft was no longer able to communicate with the ground station. This is consistent with the maximum endurance of the aircraft. This analysis by Inmarsat forms the basis for further study to attempt to determine the final position of the aircraft. Accordingly, the Malaysian investigation has set up an international working group, comprising agencies with expertise in satellite communications and aircraft performance, to take this work forward." The Minister handed out documents prepared by Inmarsat and the AAIB, see below.

In the evening of Mar 25th 2014 AMSA announced that the search is going to resume on Wednesday (Mar 26th) after gale force winds subsided and visibility improved. 12 aircraft and 5 ships (HMAS Success and 4 chinese ships) are expected in the search area on Wednesday.

On Mar 26th 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport stated in the daily press conference that French Satellites have identified 122 objects so far forming a field of debris, the various objects sized between one and 23 meters in size. The field spreading over an area of about 400 square kilometers/120 square nautical miles was located on images taken on Mar 23rd 2014 at a position of approx. S44.6695 E90.607 near the earlier observation SASTIND had made in the South Indian Ocean.

In the evening of Mar 26th 2014 AMSA reported that all 12 aircraft have left the search area, two private aircraft reported seeing three objects, two of them likely ropes, none of which could be relocated in another pass. HMAS Success plus four chinese ships are continuing in the search area.

On Mar 27th 2014 AMSA reported 11 aircraft and 5 ships set out to search an area of 23,000 square nautical miles, the aircraft needed to be called back to Perth due to the weather. The ships, initially thought to be leave the search area too, will remain in the search area and attempt to continue their search pattern. The bad weather is estimated to last 24 hours.

On Mar 28th 2014 AMSA reported the search has resumed in full, 10 aircraft and 6 ships are joining the search in the search area, that has been revised after assessment of primary radar data over the South China Sea and Strait of Malacca showed the aircraft was travelling faster requiring higher fuel burn and thus reducing range of the aircraft. The ATSB have cross checked the assessment and determined that this new assessment is a credible lead as to where the debris may be located. As result the search area has been relocated about 1100km/590nm north, now 1850km/1000nm westnorthwest of Perth, an area of 319,000 square kilometers/93,000 square nautical miles is being search on Mar 28th. Satellites have been redirected to monitor the search area.

In the evening of Mar 28th 2014 AMSA reported that all aircraft have concluded their search in the new northern area, the planned search area has been scanned. Five aircraft sighted objects of various sizes and colours and took photos of that debris, the photos are going to be assessed over night. A Chinese ship has been tasked to collect the debris and is estimated to arrive at the location the next day (Mar 29th). Weather conditions are forecast "reasonable" for the search on Saturday (Mar 29th).

In the evening of Mar 29th 2014 AMSA reported that the aircraft have sighted new objects in Saturday's 252,000 square kilometer/73,400 square nautical miles search area. The Chinese ship as well as HMAS Success already operating in the new search area have recovered a number of objects, however, none of them could be confirmed to be related to MH-370.

On Mar 30th 2014 AMSA reported that an emergency signal received from a fishing vessel about 3300km/1780nm southwest of Perth needed to be addressed, two aircraft thought to participate in the search for MH-370 were tasked to respond to the fishing vessel - as only debris was located at the point of the signal, the search for the vessel is going to continue on Mar 31st. The remaining 9 aircraft and now 8 ships continued to scan the northern search area west of Perth, aircraft reported new sightings. The objects retrieved from the ocean yesterday have been described as "fishing equipment and other flotsam" unrelated to MH-370.

On Mar 31st 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport stated, that Malaysia is committed to find the aircraft and recover the black boxes, search efforts will not cease until the aircraft has been found. The Minister said after mentioning families of occupants are heartbroken and have endured unbearable strain: "This is a promise that Malaysia intends to keep. We will continue searching, and we will keep investigating, and we will never give up until we find out what happened to MH370." The Minister stated, that the ship ADV Ocean Shield with a blackbox ping locator, capable to detect pings off the black boxes up to 6000 meters below water surface, has departed Perth and is expected in the northern search area by Apr 3rd to commence search for the black boxes. A new coordination center called JACC (Joint Agency Coordination Center) has been established in Perth responsible to coordinate the search activities of the various participants in the search. On Mar 31st 10 aircraft and 11 ships were participating in scanning an area of 254,000 square kilometers/74,000 square nautical miles. Five objects retrieved so far by ships have been identified to be unrelated to MH-370.

On Mar 31st 2014 AMSA stated that the search for the fishing vessel was abandoned due lack of surviveability and unclear documentation that does even permit to establish who owns and operated the vessel. As result all aircraft and ships are available for the search of MH-370, 10 aircraft and 10 ships will search the search area west of Perth. In addition, the vessel ADV Ocean Shield was conducting tests with its black box ping locator earlier the day and set off to the search area in the evening of Mar 31st taking several days until reaching the area.

On Apr 1st 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport stated the ATC transcript containing the communication between Air Traffic Control and the crew of MH-370 would be released, the transcript of the press conference released on the Ministry's Website and Facebook Account did not contain the transcript however. The Ministry later e-mailed the transcript to The Aviation Herald, see ATC Transcript of MH-370.

On Apr 2nd 2014 the JACC welcomed the arrival of the British submarine HMS Tireless stating: "With her advanced underwater search capability, HMS Tireless will be a valuable contribution to the search for the missing plane." The search on Apr 2nd managed to scan an area of 237,000 square kilometers/69,100 square nautical miles with 10 aircraft and 9 ships. The JACC also stated: "The Australian Transport Safety Bureau continues to refine the area where the aircraft entered the water based on continuing ground-breaking and multi-disciplinary technical analysis of satellite communication and aircraft performance, passed from the international air crash investigative team comprising analysts from Malaysia, the United States, the UK, China and Australia."

On Apr 4th the JACC reported ADV Ocean Shield and HMS Echo have begun their search using the towed underwater ping locators, converging towards each other on a single 240km long single track, each ship operating at about 3 knots for optimal performance of the pinger locators. 14 aircraft and 10 ships participated in the search of Apr 4th.

On Apr 5th 2014 China's state run news agency Xinhua reported the Chinese ship Haixun 01, participating in the search for MH-370, located a 37.5kHz pulse signal at position S25 E101 (about 730nm westsouthwest of Learmonth,WA and 900nm westnorthwest of Perth,WA (Australia), see updated overview map). Xinhua states that it is not yet clear whether this beacon is related to MH-370. Underwater Locator Beacons as mounted to flight data recorders are using 37.5kHz pulsed pings and at 160dB (re 1μPa) transmission energy are detectable up to 5 kilometers distance in good conditions, at 180dB (re 1μPa) up to 22 kilometers in good conditions.

On Apr 6th 2014 the JACC stated: "Reports overnight that the Chinese ship, Haixun 01, has detected electronic pulse signals in the Indian Ocean related to MH370 cannot be verified at this point in time." The JACC has requested further data and also said: "“Advice tonight from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau is that they cannot verify any connection to the missing aircraft. The RCC in Australia has spoken to the RCC in China and asked for any further information that may be relevant. The deployment of RAAF assets to the area where the Chinese ship detected the sounds is being considered."

On Apr 6th 2014 Xinhua reports, that according to JACC (editorial note: JACC has nothing of this in their official reports) an Australian ship has located another pulsed signal at another location.

On Apr 6th 2014 video evidence of a press conference shows the coordinator of the JACC reporting that ADV Ocean Shield, with their towed ping locator, have located a third source of 37.5kHz pulse sound. On Friday Apr 4th 2014 Haixun 01 had located a "fleeting" source of ping sound, on Saturday Apr 5th 2014 Haixun 01 located a second source of ping sound, which was published through Xinhua, the two signals were 1.2nm apart from each other. The ping detected by ADV Ocean Shield is about 300nm from the location of Haixun's detected signals. ADV Ocean Shield is going to explore their own signal while HMS Echo has been dispatched to join Haixun 01 with both ships exploring the signals detected by Haixun 01.

On Apr 7th 2014 the JACC reported that ADV Ocean Shield detected their 37.5kHz pulsed ping signals over a period of 140 minutes before losing them, the vessel subsquently turned around, and on the return leg received the ping signals again for 13 minutes. ADV Ocean Shield has identified two distinct sources of pings. The ping signals are consistent with those of a flight data or cockpit voice recorder. It is not yet verified, whether these signals are related to MH-370. The coordinator said however, this is the best lead so far. Haixun 01's signals had been detected over a period of 90 seconds (not minutes) on Saturday (Apr 5th).

On Apr 7th 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport confirmed that ADV Ocean Shield detected two distinct sources of ping signals, about 1650 km/890nm northwest of Perth (editorial note: and about 1000km/545nm westnorthwest of Learmonth), consistent with both the flight data and cockpit voice recorder, first for a period of 140 minutes, after turning around during the return leg over 13 minutes. While this is the best and most promising lead so far, it is not yet confirmed these signals originate from the blackboxes of MH-370.

On Apr 7th 2014 Australia's Navy reported ADV Ocean Shield with 34 people on board had been towing the ping locator in a depth of 3000 meters in waters 4500 meters deep when the ping signals consistent with underwater locator beacons as used with blackboxes were detected about 600nm west of Exmouth,WA (Australia).

On Apr 9th 2014 the JACC reported three days after the first two detections of late Apr 5th ADV Ocean Shield succeeded to re-acquire the ping signals on two occasions (detections #3 and #4) late Apr 8th. Detection #3 lasted 5:32 minutes and detection #4 7 minutes, all in the same broad area, however these two detections recorded one source of pings only. The JACC believes they are searching in the right area defining a reduced and much more manageable search area at the ocean floor, however, they need to visually identify aircraft wreckage before they can confirm with certainty that this is the final resting place of MH-370. The ADV Ocean Shield is continuing methodical work to refine the search area around the 4 ping detection locations, the autonomous underwater vehicle has not yet been deployed, the towed pinger locator can cover six times the area in the same time the autonomous underwater vehicle would be able to do with its sonar equipment. Acoustic analysis of the recordings of the detections so far indicates the pulsed signals at a very stable frequency of 33.331kHz at 1.106 seconds intervals, this is not a signal of natural origin and is consistent with the signals to be emitted by the underwater ping locator of flight data or cockpit voice recorders. The size of the search area has significantly reduced in the last few days based on the detections by ADV Ocean Shield and known ocean drift. 84 hydroacoustic buoys are being dropped in the area, that will place their hydrophones about 1000 feet below the water surface and radio their signals to a ground station. The sea floor is covered with silt that limits acoustic propagation of signals (not reflecting signals) and at the same time permits debris to "hide" in the silt. The knowledge of silt on the ocean floor comes from a sample that has been taken several years ago in a location about 160nm from the current search area.

On Apr 10th 2014 the JACC confirmed, that a RAAF AP-3C Orion Aircraft recorded an acoustic signal in the vicinity of ADV Ocean Shield while conducting an acoustic search. The JACC stated: "The acoustic data will require further analysis overnight but shows potential of being from a man-made source."

On Apr 11th 2014 the JACC reported that analysis of the signals received by the RAAF AP-3C Orion Aircraft on Apr 10th 2014 identified the signals as being unrelated to the flight or cockpit voice recorders. ADV Ocean Shield is continuing more focussed sweeps with the tower ping locator, the Orion Aircraft continues acoustic search. "A decision as to when to deploy the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle will be made on advice from experts on board the Ocean Shield and could be some days away."

On Apr 14th 2014 the JACC announced that there have been no signal detections since Tuesday last week (Apr 8th), however, the four signal detections by ADV Ocean Shield so far permit to identify a reduced and manageable search area on the ocean floor. The detections by Haixun 01 and by the RAAF AP-3C Orion Aircraft have been discounted as credible transmissions. The JACC has therefore decided to end the search with the towed pinger locator today (Apr 14th) and deploy the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Bluefin-21 as soon as possible, possibly in the evening of Apr 14th already. The AUV will need 2 hours to get down to the ocean floor, will operate 16 hours at the ocean floor and take again 2 hours to return to the surface. It will then take 4 hours to download and assess the data, a mission will thus take a total of 24 hours. The first mission is scheduled to search an area of 8000 by 5000 meters (40 square kilometers) on the ocean floor. The AUV uses in sight pulse sonar, transmitting and receiving a sonar pulse permitting to create a threedimensional map of the ocean floor. ADV Ocean Shield has detected an oil slick on Apr 13th in her search area, a sample of about two liters was taken and is being brought ashore for laboratory analysis. The JACC stated: "I stress the source of the oil is yet to be determined but the oil slick is approximately 5,500 metres down-wind and down-sea from the vicinity of the detections picked up by the Towed Pinger Locator on Ocean Shield."

In the morning of Apr 15th 2014 the JACC reported that the first mission of the UAV needed to be terminated prematurely after about 6 hours when Bluefin-21 went below its operational limit of 4500 meters depth and returned to the surface by a built in safety feature. The data of 6 hours operation are being read out and assessed. Bluefin-21 is going to deploy again during the day weather permitting.

On Apr 18th 2014 the JACC reported that laboratory analysis of the oil slick found on Apr 13th 2014 identified the oil was not related to aircraft (neither hydraulic nor engine oil). The risks of operations of UAV Bluefin-21 have been re-assessed by the operator and manufacturer, there is a small but acceptable risk of operating the UAV below 4500 meters of water depth, Bluefin-21 is therefore able to completely explore the sea floor within the defined search area. Bluefin has descended to its fifth mission, the four missions so far have not revealed any objects of interest.

On Apr 20th 2014 the JACC reported, that Bluefin-21 has surveyed about 50% of the planned search area on the sea floor with the conclusion of its seventh mission. The search area on the ocean floor has been defined at approximately 10km around the ping locator positions (about 314 square kilometers). So far, including the results of mission 6 but not yet including the results of mission 7 no objects of interest have been found.

On Apr 23rd 2014 the JACC reported that "Western Australia Police have attended a report of material washed ashore 10 kilometres east of Augusta and have secured the material." The ATSB is examining the material if there is any relevance to flight MH-370, photos have been taken and sent to Malaysia.

On Apr 23rd 2014 the ATSB described the material as a sheet of metal with rivets, the material appears interesting enough to take a closer look. Malaysia's Transportation Minister commented he had not yet seen those photographs.

On Apr 23rd 2014 Malaysia's Minister of Transport stated, that a new investigation body is being formed to lead the investigation, the International Investigation Team. Malaysia's Cabinet has approved the formation of that new body: "The main purpose of the International Investigation Team is to evaluate, investigate and determine the actual cause of the incident so similar ncidents could be avoided in the future. I would also like to note that the investigation will not include criminal aspects which are under the purview of the Royal Malaysian Police." The investigation will continue to follow the requirements of the Civil Aviation Regulation 1966, the standards set under ICAO Annex 13 - Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation - and the Chicago Convention. The Minister concluded: "Indeed, it is imperative for the government to form an independent team of investigators which is not only competent and transparent but also highly credible. As I’ve consistently said since the beginning, we have nothing to hide."

On Apr 24th 2014 the JACC announced that "after examining detailed photographs of material washed ashore 10 kilometres east of Augusta, the ATSB is satisfied it is not a lead in relation to the search for missing flight MH370."

According to The Aviation Herald's radar data the aircraft was last regularly seen at 17:22Z (01:22L) at position N6.9 E103.6 about half way between Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) at FL350 over the Gulf of Thailand about 260nm northnortheast of Kuala Lumpur and 90nm northeast of Kota Bharu 40 minutes into the flight, followed by anomalies in the radar data of the aircraft over the next minute (the anomalies may be related to the aircraft but could also be caused by the aircraft leaving the range of the receiver).

On Mar 8th 2014 aviation sources in China reported that radar data suggest a steep and sudden descent of the aircraft, during which the track of the aircraft changed from 024 degrees to 333 degrees. The aircraft was estimated to contact Ho Chi Minh Control Center (Vietnam) at 01:20L, but contact was never established.

Italy's Foreign Ministry said, the Italian citizen is alive and was not on board of the aircraft other than the passenger manifest suggests, the man called his parents from Thailand. The foreign ministry later added, that the passport of the citizen had been recently stolen in Thailand.

Austria's Foreign Ministry stated in the afternoon (European time) that the Austrian listed on the passenger manifest was not on board of the aircraft. The foreign ministry later added, that the passport of the Austrian citizen had been stolen about two years ago when the citizen was touring through Thailand.

According to the states run Chinese news agency Xinhua Chinese police established that one of the Chinese passengers listed on the manifest never left China, is still at home and in possession of his passport, therefore was not on the accident flight. The passenger's passport had not been lost or stolen, the numbers on his passport and the passport number noted on the manifest are identical however.

On Mar 11th 2014 Malaysian investigators reported a 19 year old Iranian was travelling on one of the false passports to join his family waiting for him in Germany. They were contacted by his mother admitting she knew her son was using a false passport. In the evening Malaysian investigators summarized that there is no evidence suggesting there is a link between the disappearance of the aircraft and the use of false passports. Investigation continues however, the background of all passengers is being investigated, for example whether there are high life insurances.

On Mar 10th 2014 Malaysia's Defense Ministry said, that as result of the verified discrepancies between passenger manifest and people on board of the aircraft, the Austrian and the Italian, the entire manifest is under scrutiny. At least 4 names are suspicious and are being investigated with the participation by the FBI from the USA.

On Mar 9th 2014 China Southern Airlines, code share partner of Malaysia Airlines, reported that they sold a total of 7 tickets for the accident flight, amongst them the tickets for the Italian and the Austrian as well as one Dutch, one Malaysian, two Ukrainians and one Chinese.

The manufacturer of the underwater locator beacons (ULB), that were mounted to the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of MH-370, specified their ULB would transmit ultrasonic pulsed sounds at 37.5kHz +/- 1kHz at 160dB (re 1µPa). After a period of 30 days the ULB would still transmit at that frequency at 157 dB. The manufacturer did not publish any data beyond 30 days (certification criteria). Other manufacturers specifying their ULBs also at 160dB initially and 157dB after 30 days state the ULB would still transmit after 90 days though at around 150dB, the frequency drift may exceed 1kHz.

Search area on Apr 9th revised based on ADV Ocean Shield detections (Graphics: JACC):


The 4 ULB detections by ADV Ocean Shield up to Apr 9th 2014 (Graphics: JACC):


Computed aircraft range and ping positions (Graphics: JACC):


The underwater ping locator being prepared for first search on Apr 4th 2014 (Photo: Australia's Department of Defense):


ADV Ocean Shield (Photo: Australia's Department of Defense):


Search Ship positions of Apr 6th 09:00 UTC (Graphics: LiveAIS/IHS Maritime):


Search Area of Apr 4th and cumulative search area since Mar 18th (Graphics: JACC):


Search Area of Mar 28th and cumulative search area since Mar 18th (Graphics: AMSA):


French Satellite Images taken Mar 23rd 2014 (Graphics: MMOT):


Possible flight trajectories based on Doppler Effect Assessment (Graphics: MMOT):


Explanation of Doppler Effect Assessment, handout by Malaysia's Ministry of Transport (Graphics: MMOT):




Object at S44.95 E90.22 seen by Chinese Satellite on Mar 18th and identified Mar 22nd 2014 (Photo: SASTIND):


Object 1 sized 24m identified by Australia on Mar 20th at S44.05 E90.96, sat image taken Mar 16th (Photo: AMSA):


Object 2 sized 5m identified by Australia on Mar 20th at S44.05 E91.224, sat image taken Mar 16th (Photo: AMSA):


Australian search Mar 18-20th (Graphics: AMSA):


The possible corridors: northern from Kazakhstan/Turkmenistan to Northern Thailand, southern from Indonesia to Southern Indian Ocean (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):


Three large objects on Sat Images Mar 9th 03:00Z at N6.7 E105.63 (Photos: SASTIND):






The field of debris spotted from the air on Mar 10th 2014:


Part floating in Gulf of Thailand identified unrelated to MH-370 (Photo: Vietnamese Coast Guard):


Infrared VISSR Satellite Image Mar 7th 18:00Z (Graphics: AVH/Meteosat):


Map (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):