How much did the search cost? In 2014, Australia committed $90 million to the search for MH370, including $60 million to support the underwater search activities. The People's Republic of China committed $20 million in the form of funding and equipment.
How was MH370 tracked?
The aircraft continued to be tracked by Malaysian military radar, which recorded that Flight 370 deviated from its planned flight path, turning around and crossing the Malay Peninsula. Flight 370 left the range of Malaysian military radar at 2:22 and was last located 200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) northwest of Penang.
What did the families of MH370 get?
In 2014 all the families of passengers and crew on board MH370 were offered interim payments of US$50,000, non-conditional and regardless of any legal action, which some accepted. But as the third anniversary of the disappearance of the plane nears, no other resolution seems in sight.
How much money was spent finding MH370?
But by then, $160 million had already been spent by Malaysia, Australia and China, who had agreed over the summer not to search elsewhere without pinpoint evidence.
Did MH370 victims get money?
What nationality are the victims of MH370?
Of the 227 passengers, 153 were Chinese citizens, including a group of 19 artists with six family members and four staff returning from a calligraphy exhibition of their work in Kuala Lumpur; 38 passengers were Malaysian. The remaining passengers were from 12 different countries.
How many souls are in MH370?
A former air traffic controller has revealed a surprise new theory about what happened to doomed MH370 – which killed all 239 people on-board.
What weird animal may finally expose where Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 crashed?
barnaclesA Weird Animal May Finally Expose Where Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 Crashed. The geochemistry of barnacle shells provides clues as to where the barnacles have traveled. The barnacles attached to the already-recovered Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 debris offer up partial clues.
How many planes have disappeared?
Yet such disappearances are not that uncommon: according to records assembled by the Aviation Safety Network, 100 aircraft have gone missing in flight and never been recovered since 1948.