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Experts use drift modeling to define new MH370 search zone
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An observer on a Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream aircraft takes photos out of a window while searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the Southern Indian Ocean, near Australia, April 1, 2014. (AP/Rob Griffith)
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n Australian official says experts hunting for the missing Malaysian airliner are attempting to define a new search area by studying where in the Indian Ocean the first piece of wreckage recovered from the lost Boeing 777 — a wing flap — most likely drifted from after the disaster that claimed 239 lives.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Greg Hood said this week that officials are planning the next phase of the deep sea sonar search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in case the current two-year search turns up nothing.
A new search would require a new funding commitment, with Malaysia, Australia and China agreeing in July that the search will be suspended once the current vast expanse southwest of Australia is exhausted.
