The study calls for a new search to find Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

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Malaysia Airlines’ head of search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is calling for a new investigation based on new evidence suggesting that the Boeing 777 wreckage may be in the lower Indian Ocean, according to a report.

Peter Foley, who led the Australian government’s search for a convicted plane that went missing on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board, told The Times in London that he agreed with new research by oceanographers and aviation experts. .

The flight, which took off for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, mysteriously reversed course and flew south until it ran out of fuel.

Working on behalf of Malaysia, Australia failed to locate the aircraft during the largest search in aviation history before completing it in 2017. A second search, led by US company Ocean Infinity, also came out empty.

But 33 pieces of debris – confirmed or classified as highly likely to come from the jet – were found in Mauritius, Madagascar, Tanzania and South Africa, The Times reported.

A woman lights a candle as Chinese relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 take part in a prayer service at the Beijing Metro Park Hotel on April 8, 2014.
A woman lights a candle as Chinese relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 take part in a prayer service at the Beijing Metro Park Hotel on April 8, 2014.
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In August 2020, part of the wing spoiler was found in South Africa.

On Monday, a report published by an independent group of experts said the damage showed that it was snatched from the plane in an uncontrolled, high-speed dive – which contradicts alternative theories that a dishonest pilot abandoned the aircraft, according to the press.

Operators are monitoring TAC stations aboard an RNZAF P3 Orion during search operations for debris and debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 missing in the southern Indian Ocean on April 4, 2014, near Australia.
Operators are monitoring TAC stations aboard an RNZAF P3 Orion during search operations for debris and debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 missing in the southern Indian Ocean on April 4, 2014, near Australia.
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An analysis of ocean drifting and a revision of the revised flight route launched late last year found that MH370 probably descended about 1,200 miles west of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.

Foley, who oversaw a sonar search covering nearly 50,000 square miles of the ocean floor, said a new investigation should inspect the seabed 70 nautical miles on both sides of the target area.

A relative of a passenger on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crying at a local hotel where families are gathered on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China.
A relative of a passenger on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crying at a local hotel where families are gathered on March 9, 2014 in Beijing.
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“The big routes were not fully searched,” he told The Times.

Blaine Gibson, 63, an American lawyer who has spent much of his last years searching for wrecks, said the updated modeling of Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, an oceanographer at the University of Western Australia, supported a strong case to third search.

A relative of a missing passenger on flight MH370 is crying in front of the main gate of the Lama Temple on March 8, 2015 in Beijing, China.
A relative of a missing passenger on flight MH370 is crying in front of the main gate of the Lama Temple on March 8, 2015 in Beijing.
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Pattiaratchi had predicted where the remains would be found a year before the location of the first piece.

The Malaysian government has said it will need new convincing evidence before launching another search.

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