Disappearance of Flight MH 370 events
Disappearance of Flight MH 370 theories
Disappearance of Flight MH 370
Search and rescue
When search and rescue operations started, the data from radar were unavailable, so the multinational search efforts, that included ships, airplanes and satellites, started from the point of last contact, which was over the Gulf of Thailand and checked the area towards the South China Sea, assuming that the flight was continuing on the planned route. Soon those efforts proved to be fruitless and the search area was expanded to Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea.
The search operation also included rather novel approach - the satellite photos from the areas were put available on Internet and anyone could volunteer to Tomnod organisation to "search" the area, which means check the photos for any debris or signs of the airplane and if not found mark the area as checked, but again this method provided no hard evidence. There were signs of oil on the surface of South China Sea, which were later proved to be ship oil and not aircraft fuel, one of the Tomnod volunteers was sure she found debris of the Boeing 777 scattered in the area, but there was no follow-up explanation because of the new data that were discovere.
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