MH370 search expert Richard Godfrey recently shared on his personal blog that some MH370 analysts argue that the plane was near arc number 6 on March 8, 2014 at 00:11:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) and again near arc number 7 at 00:19:21 UTC and 00:19:37 UTC, as shown by Inmarsat satellite data.
"I have now scanned all anomalous WSPRnet links between 00:10 UTC and 00:30 UTC in the entire area around arc 6 and arc 7 from 7.5 degrees South to 42.5 degrees South latitude using my latest fully automated passive radar system," the MH370 search expert emphasized.
“MH370 could not have gone further north, as it would have been found in Java,” noted Richard Godfrey. “MH370 could not have gone further south, as Boeing’s maximum fuel range is just over 40 degrees south latitude.”
MH370 search expert Richard Godfrey looked for anomalous WSPRnet links intersecting approximately 15 km northwest of arc 6 in the Indian Ocean from 00:10 UTC as well as between arcs 6 and 7 at 00:12 UTC, 00:14 UTC, 00:16 UTC, 00:18 UTC or just outside arc 7 at 00:20 UTC as well as the area beyond arc 7 until 00:30 UTC.
Mr Godfrey then determined “whether the multiple anomalous WSPRnet links intersecting matched the ground speed of a Boeing 777 at approximately 500 knots during that time frame”.
The survey results showed that there were seven locations that fit the criteria. Mr. Godfrey pointed out that the location with the highest score matched the WSPRnet-based flight path from Kuala Lumpur to the Indian Ocean.
According to this data, “the plane crash site is 29.178850 South latitude - 99.85352 East longitude, which is 39.3 nautical miles southeast of the seventh arc,” he said.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew members on board disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China on March 8, 2024.
On March 24, 2014, then Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that Flight MH370 may have crashed in the Indian Ocean. In July 2015, a piece of debris confirmed to be part of MH370 washed up on the western shore of the Indian Ocean. Several other pieces of the plane have since been found.
Several countries extended their search for MH370 for three years, but officially stopped in 2017. A private US company, Ocean Infinity, launched its own search in 2018.
With new evidence emerging about the location of missing MH370, calls have been made to continue the search for MH370. Malaysia is expected to soon agree to Ocean Infinity’s call for a new search for MH370 on a no-find, no-fee basis, with the search likely to begin later this year using a fully autonomous search vessel.
