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The Operational Search for MH370

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

3 October 2017

ATSB Transport Safety Report
External Aviation Investigation
AE-2014-054
Final – 3 October 2017

List of Extracts

Note: For a complete Table of Contents please refer to the full Report.

Executive summary

Background

The search program

Investigation

Search

Recovery

Communications and media

Search funding

History of the flight

Kuala Lumpur to waypoint IGARI

Waypoint IGARI to waypoint MEKAR

Waypoint MEKAR onwards

The surface search

Malaysian led surface search

East of the Malay Peninsula

West of the Malay Peninsula

Northern and southern corridors announced

Australian led surface search

Initial southern Indian Ocean surface search area

The underwater search

Defining the initial underwater search area

Initial priority search area

Other search area considerations

Pilot in Command’s flight simulator

Controlled glide or ditching

External contributions

Safety analysis

Safety actions

International Civil Aviation Organization

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Source: The Operational Search for MH370, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 3 October 2017 ATSB-RPT-1306 ‎

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