The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has remained one of the greatest mysteries ever known to man. Since it vanished into thin air last March, a number of theories appeared one by one, and each provides intriguing hypothesis as to what really happened to the ill-fated passenger plane and its 239 passengers.
After more than nine months of sonar mapping of the Southern Indian Ocean floor, Australian Transport Safety Bureau released photo of the site many believed MH370 plunged down after experiencing engine failure while on flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
"The image is a synthetic aperture sonar acoustic image of the seafloor gathered by GO Phoenix," reads the ATSB's latest statement via Australian Transport & Safety Bureau. "This is indicative of the resolution and quality of the data and that it is revealing important detail of the seafloor."
"In addition to locating the aircraft, the underwater search aims to map the MH370 debris field in order to identify and prioritize the recovery of specific aircraft components, including flight recorders, which will assist with the Malaysian investigation. The equipment used on the vessels is providing extraordinary data."
According to the latest report, the joint venture of Furgo Discovery and Go Phoenix has already scanned 9000 square kilometers or 16 percent of the 55,000 square kilometers priority search area.
Although the possibility that MH370 might no longer be found increases exponentially each passing day, there's still hope that the plane could be just lying along the seventh arc in the southern Indian Ocean.
"Several "handshakes" recorded between the aircraft and satellites have allowed experts to plot a probable path for MH370 along what is known as the seventh arc in the southern Indian Ocean," via News.com.au.
While searchers are still searching for debris of MH370, there's a chance it can be located along the shore of Indonesia, Australia or countries facing the Indiana Ocean in the coming months.
"Search leaders believe the remoteness of its final resting place, mean any wreckage would take months to reach land," according to News.com.
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