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Malaysia Airlines flight 370

Environment
Why do we depend on 1960s technology to locate missing planes?
2014. Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination.The new findings led Malaysian Prime Minister Na
Environment
An oceanographer tells why it will be so tough to find missing Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean
A man comforts a family member of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as they wait for news from Malaysia Airlines, at the lobby of a hotel in Beijing, March 14, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Malaysian officials say they know where their missing jet went down — but it won’t end hope for families
John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), stands in front of a diagram showing the search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, during a briefing in C
Conflict & Justice
Don’t give up yet on the ‘best lead’ in the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet
Environment
How does a jetliner go missing with all of today’s technology?
Environment
How does a jetliner go missing with all of today’s technology?