The Search for MH370

On Thursday, July 17th, the Marine Technology Society, in concert with the House Oceans Caucus, conducted a Capitol Hill briefing entitled “The Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370); Marine Technology in Support of the Deep Sea Search and Salvage”.

Maritime TV  was there to record a video of the briefing.

The briefing featured executives from the three MTS member companies involved in the MH370 search; Dr. Tom Altshuler, Vice President and Group General Manager of Teledyne Marine Systems, Mr. David Kelly, President of Bluefin Robotics, and Mr. Peter LeHardy, Manager, Phoenix International.  MTS Board Member and Vice President of Government Affairs, Mr. Justin Manley, was the briefing moderator.

In May, House Oceans Caucus executive director, Whitney Bernstein, discussed the idea of a briefing with the MTS government relations team.  The briefing would focus on the technology; AUVs used in the search, undersea acoustic locators and technologies used to locate the “black box,” and the process and procedures involved in deep sea search and salvage operations.

Discussion Points:

Chronology, Status, and Next Steps in the search for MH370

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): the AUVs used in the search for MH370

Undersea Acoustic Locators: What technology is used to locate the “black box” and how can the technology be advanced?

Towed Survey Systems:  How does the team survey such large swaths of ocean?

Deep Sea Search and Salvage Operations:  Locating and salvaging wreckage in the deep sea – how is this done?