Richard gave a 15 minute video presentation on the MH370 Flight Path Analysis at the request of the MH370 next of kin for their MH370 6th Remembrance Event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7th March 2020. The video was also seen by the then Malaysian Minister of Transport, Anthony Loke and represents credible new evidence in the search for MH370. Richard shared the results of the MH370 Flight Path Analysis with the Ocean Infinity experts, whose technology for underwater searches is ever advancing. Despite the changing political scene in Malaysia, Richard appealed to the Malaysian Government to consider the latest MH370 Flight Path analysis and findings and resume the search for MH370 with Ocean Infinity. Anthony Loke promised to pass on the information to his successor.
The video can be viewed here
Hi Richard, and thank you for continuing to help the relatives and friends of the passengers and crew of MH370 to find closure.
There is a video that was put up on youtube a few weeks ago with a summary of some of the most popular theories, as well as some of the more recent developments in the search for MH370.
airspace – Where is MH370 An Update in 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRS1dznH-Y
Hydroacoustic analysis gets a very brief mention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRS1dznH-Y&t=291s
There is also a reference to your drift analysis near the end, but no mention of WSPR or fuel modelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRS1dznH-Y&t=945s
The video commentary contains a couple of communications errors or inaccuracies.
The video says that MH370 disappears from civilian ATC radar near IGARI, but continues to be tracked by ground-based primary military radar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRS1dznH-Y&t=123s
However, it later says that the plane flew towards the Malacca Strait, into an area where there was no radar coverage.
“There it disappeared from the radar screens of the air traffic controllers”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRS1dznH-Y&t=156s
What the commentary is, perhaps, suggesting is that at that point MH370 went out of range of all land-based, seaborne, airborne and orbiting military radar tracking systems.
If that is the case, then the WSPR analysis, if confirmed, could make all the other new evidence even more compelling.
The video identifies the location of IGARI as being on the border between Malaysian and Vietnamese airspace. However, in March 2014, from a civil aviation perspective IGARI was on the border between Singaporean and Vietnamese FIRs with the Singaporean FIR civilian ATC managed by KL, but Singapore retaining responsibilty for SAR.
How do we not know if this was Russia or the US I do not think the plane was Hijacked however hit with a missle of some sort. Russia has done it before. Thank you for all you do
@Kaitlin,
Welcome to the blog!
We know that MH370 was flying for 7.6 hours until 8th March 2014 00:19:37 UTC according to the Inmarsat satellite data and 00:20:24 UTC according to the WSPRnet data.
We know that MH17 was shot down by a Russian ground to air missile and crashed shortly afterwards.
MH370 would not continue to fly for 7.6 hours, if it was hit by a missile.
Dear Richard
I am a Chinese living in London. Thank you very much for your contribution to finding MH 370.
MH370 affects the heart of all Chinese people, all Chinese, and I am no exception!
Can I make an appointment with you, can I ask some technical questions? Anytime, anywhere as long as you agree.
Please understand my bragging and eager anticipation. If you can see my message, please contact me. Thank you very much and look forward to it!
@Nathan Song,
Welcome to the blog!
Many thanks for your kind words.
Please contact me on email to fix up an appointment to discuss your technical questions: richard@mh370search.com
Hello Richard,
Thank you for not giving up the hope in finding MH370.
Just curious, if the plane wreckage are going to be find, will the data recorder tell what happened to this flight as so many years has passed?
Thank you.
Speaking of wreckage if the plane did truly crash or was highjacked, how come they haven’t found ANYTHING I am so confused?! My question is what truly happened to the MH370 for I think they are hiding something from the society, something that scared them so badly they won’t tell us. Cause a Boeing 777 plane just doesn’t vanish from the face of the Earth. This might be a mystery that will be never solved. because they’re too afraid to find out what actually happened.
@Tessa,
Welcome to the blog!
43 items of floating debris have been found and handed in to the authorities. Meanwhile a large number have been confirmed as coming from MH370.
The main wreckage has not yet been found, but the Indian Ocean is 70 Million km2 and the original search area was 1 Million km2 around the so called 7th Arc.
The 7th Arc is on a circle, which is defined by the distance from the Inmarsat 3F-1 satellite over the Indian Ocean and the time of the last known communication between the aircraft MH370 and the satellite.
The 7th Arc from 23°S down to 40°S in the Indian Ocean is 2,664 km long.
A Boeing 777 at 40,000 feet, can glide for up to 100 nmi (185 km) after fuel exhaustion and both engines flame out, with a skilled pilot and a clean configuration, meaning gear and flaps retracted to minimise drag.
An area 2,664 km long and 185 km wide is 492,840 km2.
So far, around 240,000 km2 has been searched underwater, but the seafloor is very rugged with canyons, cliffs, sea mounts and even volcanos.
@Alicia Tong,
Welcome to the blog!
The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) uses non volatile memory. It does not require a battery to hold its data.
The FDR is designed to withstand a crash and also to survive for years on the ocean floor.
One big question is – who is flying for 6h+ if he decided to kill himself and whole crew. Just don’t get this part.