South Africa

South Africa and Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a scheduled international flight which left Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 8 March 2014 at 00:42 am (MYT) and was expected to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 am (MYT).

For reasons that are still not known, the aircraft made a turn-back west across the Malay Peninsula; changed direction again and flew north west towards the Andaman Sea; and then turned south.

Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean about 2000 km from Perth , Western Australia.

An international search for the Boeing 777 in the southern Indian Ocean did not locate any debris from MH370 and underwater searches have failed to locate any wreckage of the Boeing 777-200ER.

However, currents in the Indian Ocean carried debris from flight MH370 thousands of kilometers counter-clockwise around the Indian Ocean in an oceanic system known as the Indian Ocean Gyre. Debris which has been confirmed to be from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been recovered in Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, La Réunion Island, South Africa and Tanzania.

Further detail is provided below:-

Debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 recovered in South Africa

Ref.	Date Found	Debris	Location	Remarks
Item 4	22 March 2016	Engine Nose Cowl	Mossel Bay, South Africa	Examination showed that part is almost certain from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12C
Item 20	21 June 2016	Right Aft Wing to Body Fairing	Kosi Bay Mouth, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa	Examination showed that part is highly likely from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12P
Item 21	18 July 2016	Unidentified Part	Northern Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa	Not identifiable Refer to Appendix 1.12Q
Item 26	23 December 2016	Right Aileron	Nautilus Bay, South Africa	Examination showed that part is highly likely from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12V
Item 27	27 January 2017	Right Wing No. 7 Flap Support Fairing	Mpame Beach, South Africa	Examination showed that part is highly likely from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12W

Adapted from Table 1.12A - Items of Debris
Source: Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information

 

Indian Ocean Gyre
Source: Wikimedia Commons WMC-IMG-082 ‎

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Boeing 777-200 Extended Range