The area: 1800 km off the west coast of Australia. It is south of where recent search activities concentrated.
This is about Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370 that had been missing since March 8, 2014.
A 64-page report released by the Australian government concluded that the underwater search for the plane should resume in the new area.
It was also determined the plane must have been on Autopilot when crashed into the Southern Indian Ocean.
The underwater search for the plane was put on hold to allow more time for survey vessels to map the ocean floor.
The new search is expected to commence in August and is expected to be completed within a year, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) chief Martin Dolan confirmed.
Submarines will scour the ocean floor to look for signs of the missing Boeing 777.
The search for the missing airliner is already among most expensive in aviation history.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- A 64-page report released by the Australian government concluded that the underwater search for the plane should resume in the new area.
- The underwater search for the plane was put on hold to allow more time for survey vessels to map the ocean floor.
- The new search is expected to commence in August and is expected to be completed within a year, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) chief Martin Dolan confirmed.