On March 8, 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared with barely a trace. It was carrying 239 people, including the crew. In 2018, the official investigation had been closed. In spite of the efforts of both the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the American company Ocean Infinity, the wreck of the Boeing 777 is still to be found… but where? This is probably one of the biggest aviation mysteries of our time.

This lecture addresses the key results of a study, which started on the early days of the loss of the aircraft. By using information provided by official reports, radar and satellite data, publications from the scientific community, internet and also derived from the limited recovered debris, a fully piloted trajectory will be presented which provides realistic and justified answers to all issues raised by this case.

The “person in command” from start to end, could have taken advantage of the shortcomings of the civilian and military air traffic control and would have managed to stay basically “undetected”, that is, if the Inmarsat satellite communication aircraft “watchdog” data did not exist. This latest study encompasses both aeronautical, technical and operational perspectives and concludes that the flight ended in the Indian Ocean with a well-controlled ditching, producing very little wreckage debris, making it even more difficult to find.

Ocean Infinity have announced their intention to resume the search of the wreck in the near future, and now with the refined trajectory the latest studies have provided, this will give hope to the families of the victims.