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mh370.io, compiled by Don Thompson
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Micro-blog documenting the renewed, 2025, search for MH370, the Boeing 777-2H6ER/reg 9M-MRO lost on Mar 8th 2014. Don is one of the founding contributors of the Independent Group.
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Showing progress for Armada 78 05 towards the AllenX/Philippines National Museum marine archaelogical survey in San Bernardino Strait.
Estimated present position in Sulu Sea, south of Tubbataha Reefs Nat'l Park and ETA in the Strait on Friday, late morning local time.
Map: BigOceanData.com
Showing progress for Armada 78 05 towards the AllenX/Philippines National Museum marine archaelogical survey in San Bernardino Strait. Estimated present position in Sulu Sea is south of Tubbataha Reefs Nat'l Park, heading north-east, crossing 120º longitude. The vessel ETA in the Strait on Friday, late morning local time.
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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While it's photography rather than cartography this image from the International Space Station does illustrate geographic information: light sources NW Europe, including North Sea oil & gas platforms.
I'm also drawn to it as I can recognise the dot that is the town I call home.
#30DayMapChallenge
While it's photography rather than cartography this image captured from the International Space Station does illustrate some geographic information: light sources across eastern Ireland, Britain, and north-west Europe. The oil & gas platforms in the North Sea can also be discriminated. I'm drawn to it as I can discern the town that is my home among a line of dots spanning 32km.
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Armada 86 05 voyage to Philippines San Bernardino Strait continues. Illustrating with Marine Traffic's simple route forecast tool, the indicated distance to go suggests 600NM to run, arrival Friday morning local time.
14 days in the SBS area then expected southbound to renew #MH370 search.
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An image centred on the Sulu Sea showing a track forecast for the voyage of Armada 86 05 to the San Barnardino Strait which separates the Philippine islands of Luzon and Samar. The vessel Armada 86 05 has been engaged by Allen Exploration, in association with Philippines National Museums, to conduct a seafloor survey searching for colonial era and WWII shipwrecks.
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The San Bernardino Strait historical wreck survey has been publicised to run 5th thru 18th Nov. At this time, it's expected that the survey's 14 day window will simply 'slide to the right' on the calendar.
Overview of South China Sea and surrounding territories. Track depicted for the Ocean Infinity vessel Armada 86 05 since its departure from Singapore (bottom left) and its destination, Matnog, indicated top right, approximately 1350NM distant.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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A short clip from late August of Armada 86 05 & 06 during final stages of completion at the Vard facility in Vung Tau, VN.
Armada 86 05 is, at present, enroute to Singapore and is then expected to join the AllenX team for the San Bernadino Strait (PH) wrecks survey, weather permitting.
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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June 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Takes only 3 paragraphs for Murdoch’s super soaraway Sun to illustrate its journalistic incompetence.
MH370 disappeared from radar screens on 7th March, not 2nd.
The super soaraway Sun incorrectly states ‘The jet mysteriously vanished from radar on March 2, 2014, while flying to China with 239 people on board and has never been found.’
May 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Ocean Infinity's Armada 78 06 vessel continues its search for the seafloor debris field of #MH370. Images below show the broader features of the present search & A78-06's track as it follows AUVs. The AUV endurance will dictate recoveries over the next 24hrs.
Refer to ALT text for more detail.
This image depicts seafloor bathymetry (depth), compiled from GEBCO sources, showing mix of 30-50m resolution detail &, to right/east side, the low resolution 'blur' derived from SRTM. The canyons & escarpments present a challenge to acquisition of side scan sonar imagery. An AUV will tend to navigate away from obstacles while it can be 'tended' with navigation assistance from the vessel to work difficult areas. This image shows Armada 78 06 track (red) over the past three days. While the position is AIS derived, it is relayed via satellite & coverage is irregular thus sharp changes in direction may not be entirely accurate. The vessel track provides a proxy for AUV operations: the AUV launch, periodic comms/nav checks, & recovery can be discriminated as progress continues. The area of interest bounded in yellow, showing the canyons & escarpments, lies to the east of vessel track with the AUVs traversing the area along track lines east-west. The bounded area is approx 1,500km²: consistent with 4 days mission carried out by 3 AUVs.
March 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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A brief update on progress by Armada 78 06 for #MH370 search this morning, 13th March.
AUVs continue to acquire seafloor imagery using side scan sonar over this particularly difficult region.
Note the, apparently, blurred areas in the image - these are low res from SRTM dataset, not local MBES.
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Area of Indian Ocean seafloor approx 64km east-west, 36km north-south centred around latitude S36.4º, longitude E92.0º. Vessel track depicted as red line. Vessel manoeuvring to launch and conduct navigation checks with AUVs operating just above seafloor.
March 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Ocean Infinity's 2nd 'swing' to locate #MH370 underway. The bathymetry for the present work area shows E-W oriented escarpments.
Black boundary line depicts the extent of Ocean Infinity's 2018 seafloor search campaign.
Vessel track & bathymetry, centred S36.4º E92.0º, view approx 60km x 36km.
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Image of Indian Ocean centred around S36.4º E92.0º, the view extent is approx 60km E-W x 36km N-S. Bathymetry, the seafloor topology, is show by shading. Past 24hrs track for Ocean Infinity's vessel, Armada 78 06, is illustrated - its approaches to the seafloor features are apparent. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles equipped with side scan sonar are launched to conduct image acquisition of the seafloor. Image of Indian Ocean seafloor centred around S36.4º E92.0º, the view extent is approx 60km E-W x 36km N-S. Bathymetry, that is the seafloor topology, is show by shading. This detailed seafloor imagery exposes canyons and escarpments across which depths vary by as much as 625m. The detailed bathymetry data was acquired during an MBES survey conducted in H2, 2014. Lateral resolution is in the order of 30m-50m (depth dependent).
March 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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At 0500Z today A78-06 reached the designated search area.
It has passed the 'block' OI described as one of its two areas of interest (the other is 'mirrored' on the northwest side of the 7th arc).
AIS broadcasts continue to report Cape Town as A78-06's destination. Ocean wide view for context.
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Map showing some lines! The grey-orange line crossing from right to left is the track of Armada 78 05 over the past 18 hrs. It passes close to the unshaded red boundary, the designated area of interest. The pink-red shaded area denotes an area previously searched. The orange icons are long line tuna fishing vessels, the blue icons are marker beacons on the long (10s of kilometres) lines deployed by the fishing vessels. Full view of Indian Ocean indicating the search area, circled.
March 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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The search vessel, Armada 78 06, at Henderson, WA, during its replenishment visit 2025-03-04 thru 2025-03-06.
Armada 78 06 pictured while undergoing replenishment at Henderson, West Australia. The AUVs are operated from 3 containerised hangars mounted on the transom (hidden by aft superstructure). The tower/gantry is a LARS, launch and recovery system, designed to handle a geotechnical payload through the vessel's moon pool. That payload is not deployed on the vessel for this operation. Visible through the gantry is the fast recovery boat, and its LARS, used to aid recovery of the AUVs.
March 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Second 'swing' of Ocean Infinity's 2025 #MH370 search beginning.
Shortly, Armada 78-06 will begin launching AUVs.
Indications from present course & first 'swing' is that a section of escarpment around S35.25º E93.338º needs attention.
H/T x-com/LabratSR
AIS data: bigoceandata-com
An area of ocean/seafloor in the southern Indian Ocean where the search for wreckage of MH370 is underway. An image layer shows geological escarpments in the area, these are getting particular attention: acquiring side scan sonar is particularly difficult on rough gradients. The present track of Armada 78 06 into the zone is depicted and a specific area that is expected to be given attention.
March 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM