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<p>Floating debris from the crash site caught by the West Australian Current would have travelled north towards the equator and west as this current feeds into the South Equatorial Current and south west towards Madagascar.</p> | <p>Floating debris from the crash site caught by the West Australian Current would have travelled north towards the equator and west as this current feeds into the South Equatorial Current and south west towards Madagascar.</p> | ||
<p>This system of ocean currents circulates anti-clockwise like a giant whirlpool, called a Gyre. </p> | <p>This system of ocean currents circulates anti-clockwise like a giant whirlpool, called a Gyre. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 10:49, 12 October 2025
MH370 Debris and the Indian Ocean Gyre
Debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been recovered from many places on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean. The first major section recovered was a Flaperon which was found on La Réunion Island on 29 July 2015.
A Table listing where debris has been found, with photographs of each item, is included in the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Section 1.12 WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION.
It is believed that flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. Debris from the wreckage would have been carried by ocean currents, anti-clockwise, in what is known as the Indian Ocean Gyre.
Indian Ocean Gyre
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Floating debris from the crash site caught by the West Australian Current would have travelled north towards the equator and west as this current feeds into the South Equatorial Current and south west towards Madagascar.
This system of ocean currents circulates anti-clockwise like a giant whirlpool, called a Gyre.