Madagascar

Madagascar 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 Madagascar

Ref.	Date Found	Debris	Location	Remarks
Item 12	06 June 2016	Bottom panel on the Wing or Horizontal Stabilizer	Riake beach, Nosy Boraha Island, Madagascar	Examination showed that part is likely from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12J
Item 13	12 June 2016	Unidentified part	Riake beach, Nosy Boraha Island, Madagascar	Not identifiable Refer to Appendix 1.12K
Item 14	12 June 2016	Unidentified part	Riake beach, Nosy Boraha Island, Madagascar	Not identifiable Refer to Appendix 1.12L
Item 15	06 June 2016	Right Wing Trailing Edge Panel	Riake beach, Nosy Boraha Island, Madagascar	Examination showed that part is highly likely from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12G
Item 16	12 June 2016	Cabin Interior Panel	Antsiraka beach, Madagascar	Examination showed that part is almost certain from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12M
Item 17	12 June 2016	Unidentified part	Antsiraka beach, Madagascar	Not identifiable Refer to Appendix 1.12M
Item 18	12 June 2016	Right Forward Nose Landing Gear Door	Antsiraka beach, Madagascar	Examination showed that part is highly likely from MH370 Refer to Appendix 1.12N
Item 23	October 2016	Unidentified Part	Riake beach, Nosy Boraha Island, Madagascar	Not Identifiable Refer to Appendix 1.12S
Item 24	February 2016	Unidentified Part	Saint Luce, Madagascar	Not Identifiable Refer to Appendix 1.12T
Item 25	July 2016	Unidentified Part		Not identifiable Refer to Appendix 1.12U

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