MH370: First Principles Review Ignores First Principles

Media Release: For Immediate Release: MH370: First Principles Review Ignores First Principles

Key stakeholders in the search for missing flight MH370 met in Canberra 2-4 November.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, charged with the responsibility of the underwater search, released its First Principles Review report 20 December 2016 based on the meeting.

On day one, analysis methods of satellite data and assumptions in determining the definition of the search area were reviewed.

"The meeting participants determined that techniques used were acceptable and the results for the analysis of the accident flight were valid." (Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau)

On day two, debris and CSIRO drift analysis were considered.

Day three was devoted to the definition of the remaining search, expected to be completed by February 2017.

Much attention was given to how validly the search area had been defined based on the satellite data and how thoroughly the search has been conducted, with a high degree of confidence MH370 is not in the searched area.

There is no mention in the report of consideration of the question, "Why has MH370 not been found?"

The report references earlier work "Definition of Underwater Search Areas" and "Flight Path Analysis".

It notes, briefly, that "The 7th arc ... is the key datum in the search for MH370."

China family members remain concerned that the first principle, the question of the validity of the satellite data, continues to be overlooked.

Earlier media releases pointed to a claim by a contributor to a physics forum 28 May 2014 that authorities had used his critique of their satellite data analysis to "refine their lies" and that they had altered the data in a coverup.

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The question remains "If the data is valid, the search area correct and the method results without doubt, why has MH370 not been found?" The answer, "It is a mystery", will never be acceptable.

The report, released 20 December 2016, is available on the ATSB website.

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