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
