Ocean Infinity presented a new MH370 underwater search proposal to Anthony Loke, the Malaysian Minister of Transport in Kuala Lumpur on 2nd May 2024. Anthony Loke said that based on discussions held on Thursday, the company had submitted a proposal paper along with evidence and information for examination by the relevant parties under his ministry.
Josh Broussard, the Chief Technology Officer, of Ocean Infinity led the team making the presentation, together with their Commercial Manager.
Pete Foley, the former ATSB search director, also attended the meeting in Malaysia. Pete has been campaigning for a new search for several years and is advising Ocean Infinity on the new search.
Prof. Simon Maskell, from Liverpool University, is a scientific advisor to Ocean Infinity and was also in attendance at the meeting. Simon leads a team investigating the possibility of using WSPR to detect and track aircraft. Simon plans to add the WSPR data to the particle filter developed by the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) described in their book titled “Bayesian Methods in the Search for MH370” in order to refine the new MH370 search area.
The new search for MH370 is expected to start in November 2024. Anthony Loke said the whole process of examining the new proposal, including cabinet approval would take about three months. Two representatives of the Association for Families of the Passengers and Crew on board MH370 also attended the meeting. The Association welcomed the new proposal and thanked everyone involved.
@All,
An evening addition today on Avionic Software from Airline News with Geoffrey Thomas, who is in Paris, France:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2UOE8_DzBw
We have discussed viewers comments and questions on technology used in modern aircraft. Many have expressed concerns about computers and the software, that are used in avionic systems.
Has technology taken over from the pilot? Are aircraft over-engineered with too much technology? Can software bugs be missed in testing and only occur later during aircraft operations? Does technology make flying safer? Can software glitches cause an aircraft crash?
There are many questions that the flying public have about the aviation safety track record as aircraft use more and more technology.
Today, we take a look behind the scenes at avionic software, the computer brain of a modern aircraft.
The bottom line is that avionic software is getting better all the time.
Flying is getting safer all the time.
The Boeing 787 has made around 5 million flights with a total of around 40 million flying hours.
With no hull-loss accidents attributed to software failures, the goal of less than one catastrophic system failure in a billion flying hours has been achieved so far. UNLESS … the cause of the Air India crash is attributed to a software failure …
The Airbus A320 aircraft family likely holds the record for the most flying hours without a hull loss attributed to a software failure at around 150 million flying hours.
@All,
FlightRadar24 published the ADS-B data from the Air India flight AIC171 that crashed on 12th June 2025, shortly after take off.
Here is a link to an Excel spreadsheet that contains the 8 data points whilst the aircraft was airborne. There are 43 data points whilst on the ground from the gate to a holding point to enter the runway.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/eck3903wmx3j5yp0buyts/AI171_Positions_Altitude_Flightradar24-Data-Analysis.xlsx?rlkey=7w5gpqudii8zi5dibl8b5g18v&dl=0
Here is table showing the 8 data points in the air:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nltw2krukjf73qmltkdny/AI171_Positions_Altitude_Flightradar24-Flight-Data-Analysis.png?rlkey=4mxp1eytb9e73hoe8vhl4t4ap&dl=0
The sequence of 8 data points last 4.3 seconds. The aircraft covers a horizontal distance of 397.8 m on a track of 223.7 °T at an average speed of 179.0 knots and ROC of +694 fpm.
FlightRadar24 shows the last point at a Barometric Altitude of 625 feet AMSL based on ISA standard air pressure of 1013.25 hPa, Ground Speed of 174 knots, Vertical Speed of 896 fpm and Track of 223°. The GPS Altitude is N/A, but I estimate the True Altitude AGL as 500 feet:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gkviu0qb1b5evvadc1xg3/FlightRadar24-Flight-AIC171-Barometric-Altitude-625-feet-GPS-Altitude-N-A.png?rlkey=r3k4fo4nfc8lnjljid1svko0o&dl=0
The position of the 8 data points can be seen in the following Google Earth Map:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5o6eie7nh6crsqsxf61qc/Google-Earth-End-of-the-Runway-23.066084-N-72.622550-E-76-m-249-feet.png?rlkey=xc5ldj557da05b7306lq28i4h&dl=0
The runway elevation is 180 feet at the end of the runway as shown in the Aerodrome Obstacle Chart:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/k7c7s9tfncm6wjse6wl44/Aerodrome-Obstacle-Chart-Runway-23-Take-Off.png?rlkey=yuhzei3ljnpgu7224tt863ci4&dl=0
The surface temperature, air pressure and wind strength and direction are shown for the crash flight and other previous flights of the same aircraft VT-ANB on the same route AMD to LGW on other dates:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n4t3t919mkwssmecdpj2b/GE-Map-AMD-to-LGW-Flights-Augmented-Data.png?rlkey=qrnouy9806qi1dr9a37rkenlh&dl=0