Search for missing MH370 ‘never explored most likely crash site’
A TV documentary screened tonight will tell viewers that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has yet to go to the area identified by UK scientists as the likely crash site.
UK satellite company Immarsat told BBC’s Horizon that its communications with the aircraft lead it to believe that the plane came down in the southern Indian Ocean.
But it said that Australian naval vessel sent to investigate the region west of Perth never reached the hotspot it had identified because it picked up ‘pings’ it thought were coming from the aircraft on the sea bed in an area to the north east of Immarsat’s identified site.
The Ocean Shield spent two months sarhing 850 sq kms of sea bed without finding the aircraft.
The hunt for the missing jet, which disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew onboard, has since been suspended while ships map the Indian Ocean floor.
Australian authorities are expected to announce shortly areas to be investigated when the search resumes.
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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