Bangladesh
Bangladesh and Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
On Saturday, 8 March 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 00:42 am (MYT) and was expected to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 am (MYT). The Boeing 777-200ER was carrying 12 crew and 227 passengers. Communication with the aircraft was lost when it was in the vicinity of waypoint IGARI over the South China Sea. Instead of proceeding toward Vietnam en-route to China the aircraft made a turn-back west across the Malay Peninsula; changed direction again and flew north west towards the Andaman Sea; and then turned south. Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
The initial search for MH370 began in the South China Sea, east of Malaysia, and continued until 15th March.
A concurrent search was conducted west of the Malay Peninsula, covering areas in the Strait of Malacca, Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and West of Sumatra. Bangladesh joined eleven other countries contributing to this stage of the search for MH370.
Search for MH370
Bangladesh contributed to the search for MH370 during the period 8 to 15 March 2014 when the surface search covered the Straits of Malacca, Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and West of Sumatra.
During this stage of the search for MH370, 36 aircraft were used from Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and USA; and 35 vessels were used from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and USA. The search covered an area of 4.56 million sq km.
This area was searched based on the primary radar data which indicated an unidentified aircraft had flown up the Strait of Malacca, thought to be MH370.
Source: The Operational Search for MH370 Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 2017.
Search Areas West of Malaysia - 8 to 15 March 2014
Figure II: Western Search Area
Source: MH370 Search and Rescue Operations and Lesson Learnt
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