Glossary

This index uses the Phonetic (spoken) Alphabet.

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey X-ray Yankee Zulu

This Glossary has been compiled from the definitions and abbreviations included in several official documents (see below). Each item in the Glossary is also available as a Tooltip for on-screen help in context.

The following documents each contain a Glossary. These are, in order of publication:-

• The Factual Information released on 8 March 2015 by the The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team
• The Operational Search for MH370 released on 3 October 2017 by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), and
• The Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 dated 02 July 2018 by The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370

The reports (and glossaries) produced by the ICAO Annex 13 Team include terms commonly used by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States of America, and Boeing as the aircraft manufacturer.

The Operational Search for MH370 includes terms related to the search for the aircraft, for example, Bathymetry. The ATSB was assisted by a search strategy working group (SSWG) with members from Inmarsat, Thales, Boeing, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States, the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST Group) and the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia. Other significant contributors were the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Geoscience Australia. With so many branches of science, technology and mathematics involved, the inclusion of both a Glossary and a list of Abbreviations is valuable.

International Civil Aviation Organisation

Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944) provides the international Standards and Recommended Practices for Aircraft Accident Inquiries and was developed by ICAO. These practices are the basis for aviation accident, serious incident and incident investigations, accident prevention and accident and serious incident reporting. (Source: ATSB)

A report on the search for MH370 released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) on 3 October 2017. More Info

Australia Transport Safety Bureau

The Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 was released by the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 in July 2018. More Info

International Air Transport Association

Federal Aviation Administration (US)

The study and mapping of sea floor topography. It involves obtaining measurements of the ocean depth and is equivalent to mapping topography on land. (Source: ATSB)

Search Strategy Working Group. Coordinated by the ATSB, the group of international satellite and aircraft specialists has been working towards defining the most probable position of MH370, at the time of the last satellite communications. (Source: ATSB)

Air Accident Investigation Bureau (Malaysia) or Air Accident Investigation Branch (United Kingdom)

National Transport Safety Board (US)

Defence, Science and Technology Group (Australia)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)