Timeline for MH370

By Tue Aug 4, 2015

MH370 Timeline

March 8,2014 – B777 missing

March 17 – Search moves to Southern Indian Ocean

March 28 – Search moves to 1800km west of Perth

April 4 – Search moves off Exmouth

April 7 – “Black box” pings detected

April 16 – Underwater search starts

May 29 – Bluefin 21 search abandoned

June 20 – Search moves south to “March 28” area

Late June – Sea floor mapping starts

Oct 3 – Towed side-scan sonar search to start

Jan 14, 2015: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) called for expressions of interest to prepare for recovery operations for MH370.

April 7: Search area doubled to 120,000 square kilometres.

July 29: Boeing 777 flaperon found on Reunion Island.

August 5: 59,000sq/km searched

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