The ATSB encourages constructive feedback.

On 8 March 2014, the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft registered as Malaysia Airlines 9M-MRO and operating as flight MH370 (MH370) disappeared from air traffic control radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on a scheduled passenger service to Beijing, China with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board.

After analysis of satellite data it was discovered that MH370 continued to fly for over six hours after contact was lost. All the available data indicates the aircraft entered the sea close to a long but narrow arc of the southern Indian Ocean.

ACARS

Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System.

Acc Rep

Accredited representative. In accordance with Annex 13, the ATSB may assist other overseas agencies in the investigation of accidents and serious incidents that do not involve Australian registered aircraft. In these cases an ATSB investigator would be appointed to the investigation as an accredited representative. On 1 April 2014 the ATSB appointed an accredited representative to the MH370 investigation, at the request of the Malaysian Government.

The following factsheets provide useful background information on the operational search for MH370.

Safety concern

The ATSB continues to investigate accidents—many fatal—that involve pilots flying with reduced visual references.

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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is committed in respecting your right to privacy and protecting your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and our policies and procedures.

This database allows you to search for accidents and incidents that have been reported to the ATSB since 1 July 2003. You can search the database using a time period, location, type of occurrence (i.e. what happened), and type of aircraft.

The Public Interest Disclosure (PID) scheme builds on existing policies and procedures to protect public officials (including current and former APS employees, people exercising powers under a Commonwealth law and contracted service providers) who speak up and ‘blow the whistle’ on suspected wrongdoing by public officials.

The PID scheme provides a transparent process for agencies and government departments to investigate complaints.

ATSB occurrence category taxonomy 

The ATSB uses an occurrence category taxonomy to efficiently and consistently categorise and code transport safety occurrences. These occurrence categories can be used to search through occurrences in the ATSB’s National Aviation Occurrence Database.