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<h2>MH370 Debris and the Indian Ocean Gyre </h2>
<h2>MH370 Debris and the Indian Ocean Gyre </h2>
<p>Debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been recovered from many places on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean. The first major section recovered was a Flaperon which was found on La [[Réunion Island]] on 29 July 2015.</p>
<p>Debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been recovered from many places on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean. The first major section recovered was a [[Debris Examination Item 1 - Flaperon Identification|Flaperon]] which was found on La [[Réunion Island]] on 29 July 2015.</p>
<p><p>A Table listing where debris has been found, with photographs of each item, is included in the <i>Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018</i> Section [[SIR 2018:1 Factual Information/1.12#112A|1.12 WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION]].</p>
<p><p>A Table listing where debris has been found, with photographs of each item, is included in the <i>Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018</i> Section [[SIR 2018:1 Factual Information/1.12#112A|1.12 WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION]].</p>
<p>It is believed that flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. Debris from the wreckage would have been carried by ocean currents, anti-clockwise, in what is known as the Indian Ocean Gyre.</p>
<p>It is believed that flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. Debris from the wreckage would have been carried by ocean currents, anti-clockwise, in what is known as the Indian Ocean Gyre.</p>


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<p><b>Indian Ocean Gyre</b><br />
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<p>Réunion Island is a long way from the area of the southern Indian Ocean where flight MH370 ended.</p>
<p>Floating debris from the crash site caught by the West Australian Current would have travelled north towards the equator and west as this current feeds into the South Equatorial Current and south west towards Madagascar.</p>
<p>Floating debris from the crash site caught by the West Australian Current would have travelled north towards the equator and west as this current feeds into the South Equatorial Current and south west towards Madagascar.</p>
<p>This system of ocean currents circulates anti-clockwise like a giant whirlpool, called a Gyre. </p>
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<p>See Also: Wikipedia article <html><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Gyre" target="_blank">Indian Ocean Gyre</a></html></p>
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MH370 Debris and the Indian Ocean Gyre

Debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been recovered from many places on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean. The first major section recovered was a Flaperon which was found on La Réunion Island on 29 July 2015.

A Table listing where debris has been found, with photographs of each item, is included in the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Section 1.12 WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION.

It is believed that flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. Debris from the wreckage would have been carried by ocean currents, anti-clockwise, in what is known as the Indian Ocean Gyre.

Indian Ocean Gyre

Indian Ocean Gyre
Source: Wikimedia Commons WMC-IMG-082 ‎


Floating debris from the crash site caught by the West Australian Current would have travelled north towards the equator and west as this current feeds into the South Equatorial Current and south west towards Madagascar.


See Also: Wikipedia article Indian Ocean Gyre

The Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 was released by the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 in July 2018. More Info

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