OrganisationConfirmed
CSIRO
Debris-drift modelling
Reverse-drifted the Réunion flaperon and later debris to weight 7th-arc latitudes.
CSIRO field-trialled replica flaperons for windage and used ocean models to test which arc latitudes could reach western Indian Ocean coasts on the observed timetable.
Sources
- CSIRO drift reports via ATSB
Related
DocumentOfficial finding1 Apr 2017 00:00 UTC
CSIRO debris-drift studies
Griffin, Oke, et al. · 2016–2017
EvidenceConfirmed29 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
Right flaperon — Réunion
Found 29 July 2015 · confirmed 3 September 2015 as 9M-MRO
TimelineProbable27 Dec 2015 00:00 UTC
Flap-track fairing found in Mozambique
27 December 2015 / identified 2016
DocumentOfficial finding3 Oct 2017 00:00 UTC
The Operational Search for MH370
ATSB AE-2014-054 · final search report 2017
OrganisationConfirmed
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Lead of the 2014–2017 southern Indian Ocean search