{"id":64957,"date":"2024-06-18T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=64957"},"modified":"2024-12-21T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T11:57:37","slug":"mh370-hydrophone-could-solve-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/mh370-hydrophone-could-solve-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"MH370: New Research Claims that Hydrophone Could Solve the Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CARDIFF-<\/strong> New research suggests that the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines (MH) flight MH370 <\/a>could be solved using sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 8, 2014, 239 passengers and crew members boarded a Boeing 777 <\/a>flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL). However, the plane disappeared from air traffic control\u2019s secondary surveillance radar mid-flight and never reached its destination, Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) in China<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MH370 Mystery Could Be Solved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over a decade later, officials are still uncertain about what happened to flight MH370. Despite extensive search efforts, only small parts of the airplane have been found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers from Cardiff University suggest that clues to the disappearance might be hidden in hydrophone recordings. According to NOAA\u2019s <\/em>National Ocean Service, a hydrophone <\/strong>is an underwater device that detects and records ocean sounds from all directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Usama Kadri, a mathematician and engineer, noted that hydrophones were active at Western Australia\u2019s Cape Leeuwin and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean during the flight’s disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A 200-tonne aircraft crashing at a speed of 200 meters per second would release kinetic energy equivalent to a small earthquake,” Dr. Kadri wrote in The Conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It would have been sufficiently large to register on hydrophones thousands of kilometers away.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hydrophone Can Find the Crash Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kadri and his team analyzed data from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization\u2019s (CTBTO) hydroacoustic stations, focusing on signals along MH370\u2019s initial flight path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, no corresponding acoustic signatures were detected, although the researchers assert that these findings are inconclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Given the sensitivity of hydrophones, it is highly improbable that a large aircraft impacting the ocean surface would not generate a detectable pressure signature, especially on nearby hydrophones. However, adverse ocean conditions could potentially attenuate or obscure such a signal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kadri noted that while the university’s research into hydrophones has not pinpointed the exact crash site of MH370, it has underscored “the potential of hydroacoustic technology in unraveling this mystery.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“By refining our approaches and conducting additional experiments, we aim to gain fresh insights into the fate of MH370 and enhance our capabilities to respond to future maritime incidents.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He emphasized that these ongoing efforts are aimed at providing closure to the affected families and improving the team’s scientific capabilities to “monitor and comprehend aviation accidents across vast oceanic areas.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s been 10 years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Malaysian <\/a>Transport Minister Anthony Loke pledged to resume the search for the missing plane during an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Malaysian government is dedicated to continuing the search; the effort must persevere.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ocean Infinity, a company that had made two previous attempts to locate the plane, has recently proposed a new offer based on a ‘no find, no fee’ arrangement to locate the flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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