Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 deliberately steered towards India's Andaman Islands
- 9 years ago
Originally published on March 13, 2014
Radar readings suggest that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had been steered westward towards India's Andaman Islands between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
Bound for Beijing, the Boeing 777's last known position was midway between Malaysia and Vietnam at 1:21 a.m. Malaysia's air chief said that an aircraft that could have been the missing plane was detected by military radar roughly 320 km northwest of Penang, Malaysia at roughly 2:15 a.m.
Military radar readings further reveal that the unidentified plane was flying along a route between navigational waypoints towards India's Andaman Islands, suggesting that the plane was being flown by someone with aviation training.
Pilots use these waypoints to navigate established air corridors.
Radar data suggests that the unidentified plane had made a sharp detour towards a waypoint northeast of Indonesia's Aceh province, which is used for points headed to the Middle East. The plane then flew towards a waypoint south of Phuket and was last detected flying towards another waypoint that would take the plane over the Andaman Islands.
Raw radar readings are now being requested from Thailand, Indonesia and India, which has a naval base in the Andaman Islands.
Radar readings suggest that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had been steered westward towards India's Andaman Islands between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
Bound for Beijing, the Boeing 777's last known position was midway between Malaysia and Vietnam at 1:21 a.m. Malaysia's air chief said that an aircraft that could have been the missing plane was detected by military radar roughly 320 km northwest of Penang, Malaysia at roughly 2:15 a.m.
Military radar readings further reveal that the unidentified plane was flying along a route between navigational waypoints towards India's Andaman Islands, suggesting that the plane was being flown by someone with aviation training.
Pilots use these waypoints to navigate established air corridors.
Radar data suggests that the unidentified plane had made a sharp detour towards a waypoint northeast of Indonesia's Aceh province, which is used for points headed to the Middle East. The plane then flew towards a waypoint south of Phuket and was last detected flying towards another waypoint that would take the plane over the Andaman Islands.
Raw radar readings are now being requested from Thailand, Indonesia and India, which has a naval base in the Andaman Islands.