In Search for Flight M370, New Seafloor Map Is 'Better Than Nothing'

Using advanced satellite techniques, scientists released a new map on Tuesday of the underwater terrain within part of the search area for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which was lost on March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China. The search is taking place across a large area of the Indian Ocean to the west of Australia, and it has been hampered by a lack of data about the undersea terrain in the area

Writing in the journal EOS, two seafloor mapping experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) produced a new illustration of the seafloor area where the acoustic signals from the airplane's black boxes were heard by surface ships in late March and early April Read more...