Geoscience Australia (GA) was asked to assist the ATSB in the analysis of a set of four Airbus PLEIADES 1A images. GA received these images for analysis on 23 March 2017. The data was acquired over the Indian Ocean on 23 March 2014. The analysis performed by GA was to determine whether the images included objects that were potentially man-made in origin. GA analyses included semi-automatic workflows and a number of potential objects were identified. The overall location of the study area is shown in Figure 1 of the report, and a detailed overview of the…

In late January 2022, the ATSB asked Geoscience Australia to undertake a review of certain sonar imagery collected during the original search for MH370, conducted between October 2014 and January 2017.     The review concluded that it is highly unlikely there is an aircraft debris field within the reviewed search area.

Between May 2014 and January 2017 the ATSB led an underwater search for MH370. With the publication of the final Report Reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-054">The Operational Search for MH370 on 3 October 2017, the ATSB ceased to have any formal role in searching for the missing aircraft. History of the search On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370), a Boeing 777…