article_snippet: the disappeared plane dropped off the civilian radar after the disappeared plane transponder and other equipment were switched off shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur.
article_snippet: It was then tracked by Malaysia’s military radar heading towards the Indian Ocean.
article_snippet: The anniversary of the disappeared plane's disappearance was matched by a report which revealed that the battery of an underwater locator beacon on The MH370 flight had expired more than a year before the incident.
article_snippet: The update on the progress of the probe surrounding the disappeared plane indicates those looking for the aircraft would have had less chance of finding the aircraft.
article_snippet: Apart from the anomaly of the beacon, a report which revealed that the battery of an underwater locator beacon on the flight had expired more than a year before the incident devoted many of a report which revealed that the battery of an underwater locator beacon on the flight had expired more than a year before the incident 584 pages to describe the complete normality of the flight - shedding little light on one of aviation's biggest mysteries.
article_snippet: The significance of the battery of an underwater locator beacon on the flight was not immediately apparent, except indicating that searchers would have had lesser chance of locating the disappeared plane, even if searchers were in the disappeared plane vicinity.
article_snippet: a report which revealed that the battery of an underwater locator beacon on the flight had expired more than a year before the incident said:
article_snippet: Whilst the battery of an underwater locator beacon on the flight had expired on the beacon of the Flight Data Recorder, a report which revealed that the battery of an underwater locator beacon on the flight had expired more than a year before the incident said that the battery on the locator beacon of the cockpit voice recorder was working.
article_snippet: Search and rescue missions were conducted for the flight off the coast of Perth .
article_snippet: The Department of Defence launched an underwater vehicle to locate the plane off the coast of Perth .