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For questions about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's disappearance. Please make your question as specific as possible; general questions inviting speculation about the cause or nature of the incident ("What do you think happened?") may be placed on hold until factual information is available.

NOTE: This tag is related to a current event under investigation.
Factual information on this incident is still being uncovered. As such, very few questions specific to this incident have concrete answers. Speculative questions ("What do you think happened?") may be placed on hold until such time as factual answers can be provided.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (a Boeing 777-200ER, registration 9M-MRO) disappeared on March 8, 2014 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.
The aircraft is currently missing, and a search is ongoing.

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Why is a part from a Boeing 777 being analysed by Airbus?

Since MH370 was a Boeing 777, why are they taking the suspected wing flaperon to Toulouse, France? Are some spare parts made by Airbus?
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Why do all the rings of MH370's transmission locations have the same origin point?

This question originates from the video "The Vanishing of Flight 370", by Lemmino. At 6:00 he says While these transmissions did not contain any information about the flight's position, investigators were able to measure the distance between the…
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How does one interpret the satellite data on flight MH370?

There seems to be a problem with some of the data released by the satellite company Inmarsat. Specifically, the handshake at 00:10:58 on 7/03/2014. In the left column the difference in time-stamp between the ground station initiating the request…
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How were MH370 debrises found in different and far locations?

After the start of the search for missing Boeing 777 several debrises were found in several locations (Réunion island, Mozabique, Mauritius, South Africa, Madagascar, and Tanzania). All the debrises were positively linked to a Boeing 777 plane and…
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What is the nominal frequency of the satellite communications terminal on MH370?

What is the nominal frequency of the aircraft terminal on flt 370? (The terminal used to provide the handshake with the satellite). The raw data provided by the accident team does not specify this frequency. This frequency info would help in…
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Why does MH370 Satellite data disagree with track after take off?

Can someone please explain the inconsistency in MH370's alleged track after take off? The satellite handshake offset frequency shows an increase after take off until 16:55 UTC, then a reduction in frequency until 17:07 UTC. A frequency increase…
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Can MH370 InmarSAT data fit an early water landing?

When I see the predicted path of MH370 based on InmarSAT-3F1 data, it is curved and follows nearly equidistant from the satellite itself. Is possible that the plane did a water landing at 18:45 UTC and slowly sank. Can MH370 InmarSAT data fit to an…
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How could MH370 fly west when satellite pings went east?

I have a question perhaps best demonstrated with this image: Malaysia published two maps with the preliminary accident report which allege MH370 flew west from Penang to MEKAR (above Aceh Province) and then between 18:25 UTC and 19:41 UTC flew west…
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Doppler shift in appendix G of ATSB report for the MH370 incident

Two people provided answers to my previous questions: What is the nominal frequency of the satellite communications terminal on MH370? How does one interpret the satellite data on flight MH370? And they referred me to Appendix G. "Explanatory…
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Why do MH370 Indian Ocean INMARSAT distances increase when they should decrease?

This image illustrates my question: In the Burst Offset Frequency chart from 19:41 UTC until the final ping at 00:11 UTC the blue track for MH370 shows increasing frequency, which means flying towards the satellite. Therefore for the Burst Offset…
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