Consideration of various aspects in a drift study of MH370 debris

Nesterov, Oleksandr

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-387-2018

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Consideration of various aspects in a drift study of MH370 debris

Oleksandr Nesterov

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To assist in establishing the most likely location of the crash site of MH370, a Boeing 777 aircraft that went missing on March 7, 2014, a drift study was conducted by means of numerical modelling. Three elements were considered: (a) the efficacy of the aerial search; (b) water temperatures along the path of the flaperon; (c) beached debris distribution. The results obtained indicate the crash site is likely located between 25.5° S and 30.5° S along the so-called seventh arc in the Indian Ocean.