<p>Map of search areas for <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 370">Malaysia Airlines Flight 370</a> from the day of its disappearance through May 2014 and the planned search areas for the underwater phase of the search which began in the beginning of October 2014 and is planned to last up to one year (ending, of course, if the plane is found). (English version)<br>Not shown:
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<ul><li>A Japanese satellite spotted 10 objects possibly related to Flight 370. No coordinates for these objects could be found online; therefore, they haven't been included in the map.</li>
<li>The bathymetric survey was completed 26 October 2014. However, the map released by the JACC showing the areas surveyed is in a different projection and can't readily be included in this map.</li>
<li>Flight path calculations between April &amp; October aren't displayed because the only sources are in cylindrical projection (Google Earth).</li></ul>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AHeneen" title="User:AHeneen">Andrew Heneen</a>
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<p><span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>
The following sources were used for data included in the map. Locations (eg. where the search was conducted, locations of satellite debris &amp; acoustic detections) are factual information which cannot be copyrighted, although most sources are noted in the map.
</p><p><b>Main map:</b>
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<ul><li>Search locations, sonobouy deployments, &amp; calculated flight paths:
<ul><li>Australia Maritime Safety Authority ("Cumulative area searched (handout)" maps from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amsa.gov.au/media/incidents/mh370-search.asp">MH370 Search - Media kit</a>; 18 March-11 April)</li>
<li>Joint Agency Coordination Centre (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jacc.gov.au/media/releases/2014/april/index.aspx">Media Releases—2014</a>; Maps found at the bottom of "Search continues for Malaysian flight MH370" media releases)</li></ul></li>
<li>Possible debris satellite images (coordinates):
<ul><li>Thaichote: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26763358">BBC</a></li>
<li>Gaofen-1: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26662641">BBC</a></li>
<li>Airbus: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26662641">BBC</a></li>
<li>Digital Globe: ATSB (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amsa.gov.au/media/incidents/images/DIGO_00718_01_14.jpg">1</a> &amp; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amsa.gov.au/media/incidents/images/DIGO_00718_02_14.jpg">2</a>)</li></ul></li></ul><p><b>Towed Pinger Locator path &amp; seafloor sonar survey location:</b>
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<ul><li>Australian Transport Safety Bureau – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.atsb.gov.au/mh370/mh370-definition-of-underwater-search-areas.aspx">MH370 – Definition of Underwater Search Areas</a>
<ul><li>Figure 12: Ocean Shield TPL search coverage 04-14 April (pg. 13; source: Phoenix International)</li>
<li>Figure 14: Ocean Shield AUV coverage 14 April-28 May 2014 (pg. 15; source: Royal Australian Navy)</li></ul></li></ul><p><b>Initial search areas:</b>
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<ul><li>Flight path: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.atsb.gov.au/mh370/mh370-definition-of-underwater-search-areas.aspx">MH370 – Definition of Underwater Search Areas</a> (ATSB)
<ul><li>Figure 2: MH370 flight path derived from primary and secondary radar data (pg.3; source: Joint Investigation Team)</li></ul></li>
<li>Search area:
<ul><li>Malaysia plane: China debris images 'not connected' (BBC; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73555000/jpg/_73555267_map.jpg">map</a> at bottom)</li></ul></li></ul><p><b>Overview inset:</b>
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<ul><li>Ping corridors &amp; satellite location:
<ul><li>Malaysia Department of Civil Aviation/Inmarsat</li></ul></li></ul><p><b>Backgrounds:</b>
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<ul><li>TPL &amp; seafloor sonar survey:
<ul><li>Whiteway, T., 2009. Australian Bathymetry and Topography Grid, June 2009. Scale 1:5000000. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/53D99B6581B9A">https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/53D99B6581B9A</a> (Released under <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence</a>; Attribution is included as text beneath the key in that map)</li></ul></li>
<li>Other maps:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/">Natural Earth 1:10m Physical Vectors</a> (public domain)</li></ul></li></ul>