News

MH370 relatives to search for debris in Madagascar
21 November 2016 BBC
...Relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are to travel to Madagascar to search for debris that might provide clues to the plane's fate.
All debris thought to be from the plane has so far been found in East Africa.
But some relatives say there has been no systematic search for further wreckage and that some possible findings appear to have gone ignored.
The plane disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 (here)
  
 

MH370: New report suggests plane dived rapidly, rejects 'controlled descent' theory
November 2, 2016 The Sydney Morning Herald

...A new report by Australian investigators into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 suggests the aircraft's flaps were not extended when it crashed, effectively ruling out the possibility of a controlled descent into the Indian Ocean... (here)


And the report of ATSB can be found here. 


Malaysian plane: 20 passengers worked for ELECTRONIC WARFARE and MILITARY RADAR firm
March 19th 2014 - Express.co.uk
By Ted Jeory

...//...A US technology company which had 20 senior staff on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had just launched a new electronic warfare gadget for military radar systems in the days before the Boeing 777 went missing.

DEVELOPMENT Freescale Semiconductor which had 20 workers on MH370 had just launched new radar chips DEVELOPMENT: Freescale Semiconductor which had 20 workers on MH370 had just launched new radar chips [EXPRESS]

Freescale Semiconductor, which makes powerful microchips for industries including defence, released the powerful new products to the American market on March 3.

Five days later, Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board including 20 working for Freescale.

Twelve were from Malaysia, while eight were Chinese nationals.

Freescale’s spokesman Mitch Haws has said: “These were all people with a lot of experience and technical background and they were very important people.

“It’s definitely a loss for the company.” ...//...(here)