# Australian Transport Safety Bureau 2017: The Operational Search for MH370

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# The Operational Search for MH370

Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 2017. _ATSB Transport Safety Report AE-2014-054_.

The final report of the Australian-led underwater search, published 3 October 2017: the search method and coverage, the analysis of the final handshakes and end-of-flight scenarios, the debris, the drift studies, and the conclusion that the aircraft is not in the 120,000 km² searched and most likely lies in an unsearched area of about 25,000 km² to the north.

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## What it's used for here

The authoritative account of the search and of the end-of-flight analysis.

## Cited by on this site 17 records

[A pilot glided or ditched the aircraft after fuel exhaustion.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/answers/ANS0CWY7D1G48BJ/a-pilot-glided-or-ditched-the-aircraft-after-fuel-exhaustion)

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ANS

[Beyond the searched band, because the aircraft was flown or glided after fuel exhaustion.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/answers/ANS0CWY76Y679KG/beyond-the-searched-band-because-the-aircraft-was-flown-or)

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ANS

[Fuel exhaustion, loss of autopilot, and a steep spiral descent within a few tens of kilometres of the arc.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/answers/ANS0CWY7CA224TK/fuel-exhaustion-loss-of-autopilot-and-a-steep-spiral-descent)

Answer

ANS

[Within an area already searched, missed by the sonar coverage or terrain.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/answers/ANS0CWY77XE3RMH/within-an-area-already-searched-missed-by-the-sonar-coverage)

Answer

ANS

[Southern Indian Ocean bathymetry and sonar coverage from the 2014–2017 search](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CWY7FZ81ASP/southern-indian-ocean-bathymetry-and-sonar-coverage-from-the)

Dataset

DAT

[A glide would contradict the final BFO descent rates unless the pilot recovered after them.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY7DH46584/a-glide-would-contradict-the-final-bfo-descent-rates-unless)

Evidence

EVD

[About 240,000 km² along the arc, from about 39°S to 33°S, has been searched to high confidence with nothing…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY76PC57DP/about-240-000-km2-along-the-arc-from-about-39s-to-33s-has)

Evidence

EVD

[The 08:19 BFO values imply a high and increasing rate of descent.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY77DT3TCP/the-08-19-bfo-values-imply-a-high-and-increasing-rate-of)

Evidence

EVD

[The ATSB reported the 120,000 km² area cleared to high confidence, with data gaps catalogued and most…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY78585AJ5/the-atsb-reported-the-120-000-km2-area-cleared-to-high)

Evidence

EVD

[The final BFO values indicate a rapid and increasing descent; simulator tests reproduced the pattern with no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY7CHW3VSG/the-final-bfo-values-indicate-a-rapid-and-increasing-descent)

Evidence

EVD

[The final two handshakes indicate fuel exhaustion and a rapid descent, consistent with a crash near the arc.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY76EJ206N/the-final-two-handshakes-indicate-fuel-exhaustion-and-a)

Evidence

EVD

[The ATSB publishes The Operational Search for MH370](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/events/EVT0CWY73RM3NV0/the-atsb-publishes-the-operational-search-for-mh370)

EVT

[The ATSB-led underwater search is suspended after 120,000 km²](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/events/EVT0CWY73GT3Z35/the-atsb-led-underwater-search-is-suspended-after-120-000)

EVT

[Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370)

The mystery article

MYS

[Australian Transport Safety Bureau](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/organisations/ORG0CWY712P7614/australian-transport-safety-bureau)

ORG

[How did the flight end, and how far from the arc?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/questions/QST0CWY75FA3NVK/how-did-the-flight-end-and-how-far-from-the-arc)

Question

QST

[Where is the wreckage?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/questions/QST0CWY74ZP4V5Z/where-is-the-wreckage)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Australian Transport Safety Bureau (2017). The Operational Search for MH370. ATSB Transport Safety Report AE-2014-054. https://www.atsb.gov.au/mh370/
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[Read it free at atsb.gov.au](https://www.atsb.gov.au/mh370/)

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