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This page indexes extracts from the report The Operational Search for MH370 released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) on 3 October 2017.

The Operational Search for MH370 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence and copyright by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau is respected.

The full version is available for download from the ATSB website at https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-054/

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

Source: The Operational Search for MH370, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 3 October 2017
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-054/

Extracts from The Operational Search for MH370 have been included here for reference purposes, particularly the sections which relate to the history of the flight; times and events; the aircraft's satellite data unit (SDU); and the Pilot in Command’s flight simulator.