Missing Jet MH370

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STORYLINE Complete coverage of the search for Malaysia Airways flight MH370, the
Boeing 777 jet that disappeared presumably in the South Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014.
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Eternal Mystery? MH370 Hunt Takes New
Course After Six Months
By Bill Neely

Eternal Mystery? MH370 Hunt Takes New Course After Six Months

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By Bill Neely
Not since the American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared without a trace over the
Pacific 77 years ago has there been a mystery like it.
And in so many respects the disappearance of Flight MH370 exactly six months ago today is
a far more profound puzzle.
When Earhart went missing her plane was equipped with radio navigation systems, a Morse
code receiver and a voice transmission system, all of which she used until her plane vanished
into the sea. But this is rudimentary equipment compared to the highly sophisticated location
devices on board the modern Malaysian Airlines jet.
Listen to Air Traffic Control Interaction
With Flight MH370
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Earharts last known position was searched by American Navy ships and naval planes until,
at a cost of $4 million, the most intensive search in U.S. history was called off without
finding any trace of her or her plane.
But this is a drop in the ocean compared to the tens of millions of dollars (the exact figure
isnt known) spent by a dozen countries scouring a vast area of ocean for the missing
Malaysian plane. Hundreds of men working thousands of hours have, for six months now,
come up with precisely nothing.
And this bears repeating.
In six months, they have found not a single piece of debris that can be linked to the missing
plane. Not a piece of clothing, nor a fragment of a body. Not a slick of oil. Not the slightest
trace of a modern passenger jet, manned by an experienced crew, whose path was tracked by
the most sophisticated radar equipment modern man has developed.
In our hi-tech, inter-connected, satellite-covered world, it is a staggering failure.
But its not for want of trying.
Experts from more than a dozen countries have searched for Flight MH370 with satellites
from space, with planes from the air and with ships on the sea. Theyve scoured the ocean
floor. On land, they've analyzed and re-analyzed the radar data and worked day and night to
try to find the missing plane.
The batteries of the planes flight recorders, the black boxes, began to fade and die after 30
days; since then, submarines and ships have been all but blind in their search.
How Does Garbage Affect The Search For
Flight 370?
NBCNews.com

Missing Jet
615 STORIES
STORYLINE Complete coverage of the search for Malaysia Airways flight MH370,
the Boeing 777 jet that disappeared presumably in the South Indian Ocean on
March 8, 2014.

Missing Jet
613 of 615

By Bill Neely


collapse story
By Bill Neely
Not since the American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared without a trace
over the Pacific 77 years ago has there been a mystery like it.
And in so many respects the disappearance of Flight MH370 exactly six months ago
today is a far more profound puzzle.
When Earhart went missing her plane was equipped with radio navigation systems, a
Morse code receiver and a voice transmission system, all of which she used until her
plane vanished into the sea. But this is rudimentary equipment compared to the highly
sophisticated location devices on board the modern Malaysian Airlines jet.
Listen to Air Traffic Control Interaction With Flight MH370
NBC News

Earharts last known position was searched by American Navy ships and naval planes
until, at a cost of $4 million, the most intensive search in U.S. history was called off
without finding any trace of her or her plane.
But this is a drop in the ocean compared to the tens of millions of dollars (the exact
figure isnt known) spent by a dozen countries scouring a vast area of ocean for the
missing Malaysian plane. Hundreds of men working thousands of hours have, for six
months now, come up with precisely nothing.
In six months, they have found not a single piece of debris that can be linked to the
missing plane. Not a piece of clothing, nor a fragment of a body. Not a slick of oil.
Not the slightest trace of a modern passenger jet, manned by an experienced crew,
whose path was tracked by the most sophisticated radar equipment modern man has
developed.
Experts from more than a dozen countries have searched for Flight MH370 with
satellites from space, with planes from the air and with ships on the sea. Theyve
scoured the ocean floor. On land, they've analyzed and re-analyzed the radar data and
worked day and night to try to find the missing plane.
The batteries of the planes flight recorders, the black boxes, began to fade and die
after 30 days; since then, submarines and ships have been all but blind in their search.
How Does Garbage Affect The Search For Flight 370?
NBCNews.com

After a few weeks of searching, U.S. Navy Captain Mark Matthews suggested it could
take years to find the plane because of the lack of information about where to go and
the size of an ocean that could take "an untenable amount of time to search."
He pointed out that the search for the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic
in 2009 recovered debris within days, yet it still took two years to find the black box
and the plane.
And yet the search for MH370 goes on, and in the coming weeks it will enter a new
phase.
For months now, ships have been mapping out tens of thousands of square miles at
the bottom of the Southern Indian Ocean, an area more unknown to man than the
surface of the moon. This has been the preparatory work to a search using submarines
that will begin in earnest in October. It will be focused on a 40,000 square mile
priority area and will last up to a year.
Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which
is overseeing the underwater search, says we remain fully committed to finding the
missing aircraft, and although it's taken us a long time to get there, we're at a point
where we've completed almost all the planning work and can move to the operation
phase of the underwater search".
There can be no doubting their best intentions; every nation involved, every one of the
thousands of people whove searched for the plane, has done his and her best.
But try telling that to the distraught relatives of the 239 people who were on board the
plane. Its no comfort.
The families of the 227 passengers have suffered unimaginable anguish; from the
early days of mixed messages and media glare, to the silence and indifference of
today.
They have no idea how their loved ones died, why, when or where.
Neely: 'Intense' Day Searching for flight MH370
NBC News

The relatives of the 12 crew members have fared little better. At first, some of the
crew were suspected of causing the crash. The families of the pilot and co-pilot were
questioned about their political beliefs, the theory being that one, or both, had
determined to crash the plane deliberately.
Thieves tried to rob the bank accounts of missing passengers.
Flying on Malaysian Airlines became the subject of online and water-cooler comment
worldwide, along the lines of youre flying Malaysian? Pack a parachute!
Until a second Malaysian plane fell out of the sky, this one shot down by missile fire
in Ukraine.
No ones joking any more.
But the heartbreak hasnt ended.
Or the puzzlement. As I flew on two search planes, skimming just 100 feet above the
waves, I thought how amazing it was that there are some things modern man just cant
work out; man-made mysteries that are beyond our modern knowledge.
Soon, six months on, another set of vessels will head for the horizon off Western
Australia, sailing with the glimmer of hope that they may solve one of the greatest
mysteries of our time.


First published September 8th 2014, 2:21 pm
Bill Neely
Bill Neely is NBC News chief global correspondent. He joined NBC News from
Britains ITV News in January... Expand Bio
Missing Jet
615 STORIES
STORYLINE Complete coverage of the search for Malaysia Airways flight MH370, the
Boeing 777 jet that disappeared presumably in the South Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014.

Missing Jet
613 of 615

Eternal Mystery? MH370 Hunt Takes New
Course After Six Months
By Bill Neely


collapse story
By Bill Neely
Not since the American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared without a trace over the
Pacific 77 years ago has there been a mystery like it.
And in so many respects the disappearance of Flight MH370 exactly six months ago today is
a far more profound puzzle.
When Earhart went missing her plane was equipped with radio navigation systems, a Morse
code receiver and a voice transmission system, all of which she used until her plane vanished
into the sea. But this is rudimentary equipment compared to the highly sophisticated location
devices on board the modern Malaysian Airlines jet.
Listen to Air Traffic Control Interaction
With Flight MH370
NBC News


Earharts last known position was searched by American Navy ships and naval planes until,
at a cost of $4 million, the most intensive search in U.S. history was called off without
finding any trace of her or her plane.
But this is a drop in the ocean compared to the tens of millions of dollars (the exact figure
isnt known) spent by a dozen countries scouring a vast area of ocean for the missing
Malaysian plane. Hundreds of men working thousands of hours have, for six months now,
come up with precisely nothing.
In six months, they have found not a single piece of debris that can be linked to the missing
plane. Not a piece of clothing, nor a fragment of a body. Not a slick of oil. Not the slightest
trace of a modern passenger jet, manned by an experienced crew, whose path was tracked by
the most sophisticated radar equipment modern man has developed.
Experts from more than a dozen countries have searched for Flight MH370 with satellites
from space, with planes from the air and with ships on the sea. Theyve scoured the ocean
floor. On land, they've analyzed and re-analyzed the radar data and worked day and night to
try to find the missing plane.
The batteries of the planes flight recorders, the black boxes, began to fade and die after 30
days; since then, submarines and ships have been all but blind in their search.
How Does Garbage Affect The Search For
Flight 370?
NBCNews.com


After a few weeks of searching, U.S. Navy Captain Mark Matthews suggested it could take
years to find the plane because of the lack of information about where to go and the size of an
ocean that could take "an untenable amount of time to search."
He pointed out that the search for the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic in 2009
recovered debris within days, yet it still took two years to find the black box and the plane.
And yet the search for MH370 goes on, and in the coming weeks it will enter a new phase.
For months now, ships have been mapping out tens of thousands of square miles at the
bottom of the Southern Indian Ocean, an area more unknown to man than the surface of the
moon. This has been the preparatory work to a search using submarines that will begin in
earnest in October. It will be focused on a 40,000 square mile priority area and will last up
to a year.
Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is
overseeing the underwater search, says we remain fully committed to finding the missing
aircraft, and although it's taken us a long time to get there, we're at a point where we've
completed almost all the planning work and can move to the operation phase of the
underwater search".
But try telling that to the distraught relatives of the 239 people who were on board the plane.
Its no comfort.
The families of the 227 passengers have suffered unimaginable anguish; from the early days
of mixed messages and media glare, to the silence and indifference of today.
Neely: 'Intense' Day Searching for flight
MH370
NBC News


The relatives of the 12 crew members have fared little better. At first, some of the crew were
suspected of causing the crash. The families of the pilot and co-pilot were questioned about
their political beliefs, the theory being that one, or both, had determined to crash the plane
deliberately.
Until a second Malaysian plane fell out of the sky, this one shot down by missile fire in
Ukraine.
Or the puzzlement. As I flew on two search planes, skimming just 100 feet above the waves, I
thought how amazing it was that there are some things modern man just cant work out; man-
made mysteries that are beyond our modern knowledge.
Soon, six months on, another set of vessels will head for the horizon off Western Australia,
sailing with the glimmer of hope that they may solve one of the greatest mysteries of our
time.



Bill Neely
Bill Neely is NBC News chief global correspondent. He joined NBC News from Britains
ITV News in January... Expand Bio


After a few weeks of searching, U.S. Navy Captain Mark Matthews suggested it could take
years to find the plane because of the lack of information about where to go and the size of an
ocean that could take "an untenable amount of time to search."
He pointed out that the search for the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic in 2009
recovered debris within days, yet it still took two years to find the black box and the plane.
And yet the search for MH370 goes on, and in the coming weeks it will enter a new phase.
For months now, ships have been mapping out tens of thousands of square miles at the
bottom of the Southern Indian Ocean, an area more unknown to man than the surface of the
moon. This has been the preparatory work to a search using submarines that will begin in
earnest in October. It will be focused on a 40,000 square mile priority area and will last up
to a year.
Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is
overseeing the underwater search, says we remain fully committed to finding the missing
aircraft, and although it's taken us a long time to get there, we're at a point where we've
completed almost all the planning work and can move to the operation phase of the
underwater search".
But try telling that to the distraught relatives of the 239 people who were on board the plane.
Its no comfort.
The families of the 227 passengers have suffered unimaginable anguish; from the early days
of mixed messages and media glare, to the silence and indifference of today.
Neely: 'Intense' Day Searching for flight
MH370
NBC News


The relatives of the 12 crew members have fared little better. At first, some of the crew were
suspected of causing the crash. The families of the pilot and co-pilot were questioned about
their political beliefs, the theory being that one, or both, had determined to crash the plane
deliberately.
Until a second Malaysian plane fell out of the sky, this one shot down by missile fire in
Ukraine.
Or the puzzlement. As I flew on two search planes, skimming just 100 feet above the waves, I
thought how amazing it was that there are some things modern man just cant work out; man-
made mysteries that are beyond our modern knowledge.
Soon, six months on, another set of vessels will head for the horizon off Western Australia,
sailing with the glimmer of hope that they may solve one of the greatest mysteries of our
time.



Bill Neely
Bill Neely is NBC News chief global correspondent. He joined NBC News from Britains
ITV News in January... Expand Bio

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