Missing MH370 plane may be further north

Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 could be as far as 500km north of the current search area, according to new debris drift analysis conducted by Italian scientists. The hunt for the jet will soon be suspended if it is not found in the 120,000sq km search area

DRIFT SIMULATION

Discovered debris used to weight outcomes of multiple simulations

Distributions for floating debris as of Jan 2015

Distributions for floating debris as of May 2016

Results indicate most probable locations to find additional washed up debris are
Tanzania and Mozambique, and islands of Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius and Comoros

KENYA

TANZANIA

MOZAMBIQUE

MADAGASCAR

SOUTH AFRICA

Italian findings based on location of confirmed debris items and computer modelling using ocean and weather data

INDIAN OCEAN

Rodrigues Is. (Mauritius)

COMOROS IS.

REUNION (France)

MAURITIUS

Priority segment between 32-35° South is only area currently being surveyed by underwater cameras and detectors

Mar 8, 2014: Flight MH370 vanishes en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers and crew on board

Last military radar contact with MH370

Estimated flight path

Final satellite communication

Main wreckage likely to be in wide search area between 28° South and 35° South

Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA

Wide search area

AUSTRALIA

Perth

Sources: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change