ClaimConfirmed
The aircraft ended in the southern Indian Ocean
Supported by SATCOM southern BFO, 7th-arc geometry, and serial-confirmed debris on western Indian Ocean coasts. Main wreckage still unfound.
This is the load-bearing geographic conclusion of the official search. Independent researchers who move the box still almost all stay in that ocean. A land-out elsewhere is inconsistent with the flaperon, Mauritius flap and Tanzania flap.
Sources
- ATSB; Malaysian debris tables; Inmarsat BFO
Related
EvidenceConfirmed29 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
Right flaperon — Réunion
Found 29 July 2015 · confirmed 3 September 2015 as 9M-MRO
EvidenceOfficial finding8 Mar 2014 00:19 UTC
The 7th arc
00:19:29 UTC aircraft-initiated log-on
HypothesisInconsistent
Northern corridor
Inconsistent with BFO sign and with African debris
TimelineConfirmed3 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
Flaperon confirmed as 9M-MRO
3 September 2015
TimelineConfirmed20 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC
Right outboard flap confirmed in Tanzania
20 June 2016
EvidenceConfirmed20 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC
Right outboard flap — Pemba Island
Item 20 · ~4.57 × 1.83 m · confirmed
DocumentProbable15 Nov 2024
The Debris Swarm
Jeff Wise · Finding MH370 S1E19 · 15 November 2024 · 39:26
HypothesisUnverified
Asset denial of the Freescale team
Quiet Exodus thesis · not adopted as a finding