KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 – The team investigating the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will continue working towards finalising its analysis, findings/conclusions and safety recommendations on eight relevant areas related to the missing Boeing 777-200ER aircraft based on available information.
In the meantime, Malaysia’s chief investigator Datuk Kok Soo Chon in an interim statement on MH370 said that a final report would be completed in the event wreckage of the aircraft was located or the search for the wreckage was terminated, whichever came earlier.
“New information that may become available before the completion of the final report may alter these analysis, findings/conclusions and safety recommendations,” he said when reading out the statement which was televised on RTM1 today, in conjunction with the second anniversary of the aircraft disappearance.
He said the eight areas that were reviewed by the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 were the Diversion from Filed Flight Plan Route; Air Traffic Services Operations; Flight Crew Profile; Airworthiness and Maintenance and Aircraft Systems; and, Satellite Communications.
Three other areas that are also being reviewed are Wreckage and Impact Information (following the recovery and verification of a flaperon from the aircraft), Organisation and Management Information of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), Malaysia and MAS and Aircraft Cargo Consignment.
The Beijing-bound Flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew on board went missing in the early morning of March 8, 2014, soon after take-off from the KL International Airport. Data analysis later suggested the flight path of the jetliner was believed to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean. Despite an elaborate search operation launched to locate the aircraft, which has currently covered some 90,000 sq km of the ocean, there is still no sign of its whereabouts.
“To date, the MH370 wreckage has not been found despite the continuing search in the southern Indian Ocean. However, a flaperon was recovered in the French island of Reunion on July 29, 2015 and was determined to have been a part of the MH370 aircraft,” Kok said in the statement.
Last week, it was reported that a piece, believed to be from the vanished aircraft was discovered in Mozambique and it was currently being verified by investigators. Meanwhile, another piece, believed to be from an aircraft was alsoe reportedly recovered in Reunion Island, few days ago.
