Locating MH370 via triangulation ping rings
Abstract
Since the MH370 disappearance with all 239 passengers and crews onboard on 8th March 2014, the authorities for search and rescue missions from various countries have tried to locate its final location. The 7th Arc, in the South Indian Ocean, has been identified as the official search corridor that the authorities put all their best efforts to locate it. This location is said to have been derived from the 7th Burst Timing Offset (BTO) ping ring signal that the MH370 had sent down close to the last BTO signal transmission for that day. The other type of signal that had been sent down by this airplane is Burst Frequency Offset (BFO). This work has demonstrated that there is no proven shortfall with the BTO and BFO readings that theMH370 had sent down that day. The major issue that the aircraft could not be located using the same signal was that the readings were viewed mostly as the random signals rather than the products of a dedicated aircraft tracking model.
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026