British scientists plan seabed explosions to solve mystery of missing flight MH370

Ten years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, researchers at Cardiff University have developed a new plan to unravel the mystery. According toMetroResearchers believe audio signals captured at a hydroacoustic station off the coast of Australia could be key to locating MH370.

Notably, when a plane crashes into water, it creates distinct acoustic signatures that can travel more than 3,000 km over water. Dr Usama Kadri, reader at Cardiff University's School of Mathematics, explained that their analysis revealed clear pressure signals from previous plane crashes detected on hydrophones, even at distances greater than 3 000 km.

Details of the Cardiff team's research have been published in the journal Scientific reports. The study was carried out on the basis of more than 100 hours of data recorded by hydrophones following ten plane accidents, including one submarine disappearance.

“In the case of MH370, official investigations concluded that the aircraft must have crashed near the 7th arc – the point where the last communication between the aircraft and INMERSAT took place. The main search area at the 7th arc is less than 2,000 km from the hydroacoustic station at Cape Leeuwin, Australia, with no obstacles to filter the signal. However, within the time and location suggested by official research, only one relatively weak signal was identified,” Dr Kadri said.

The team proposed a series of controlled underwater explosions or air blasts along the 7th arc to see if they could isolate a more precise location for MH370.

“Similar exercises were carried out during the search and rescue mission for the ARA San Juan, a submarine that went missing off the coast of Argentina in 2017. This shows us that this is relatively simple and feasible and could provide a way to determine the relevance of the signal to MH370, before resuming another in-depth search, if found to be related, it would significantly narrow down, or even pinpoint, the aircraft's location. added Dr Kadri.

Notably, flight MH370 with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board went missing after leaving Kuala Lumpur Airport in southern Malaysia en route to Beijing, China on March 8, 2014. A search Nearly three years covering 120,000 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean revealed virtually no trace of the plane, with only some debris picked up. Despite the largest search in aviation history, the plane was never found and operations were suspended in January 2017.

However, following renewed interest in the mystery of MH370, the Malaysian government announced on March 3 that it was considering resuming the search. A Texas-based company, Ocean Infinity, also offered a “no search, no fee” deal to locate the plane.