MH370: Malaysia releases preliminary report revealing it took four hours for search to activate
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has made public a preliminary report on flight MH370 and other data that marks its most extensive release of information on the missing airliner to date.
The five-page report, which was submitted earlier to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), was essentially a recap of information that has already been released, and did not immediately appear to contain any major revelations.
Malaysian authorities have also released:
The audio recordings of conversations between the cockpit of MH370 and Kuala Lumpur air traffic control.
The preliminary report into MH370, dated 9 April.
An additional document, which gives further information regarding the actions taken between the hours of 01:38 and 06:14 on Saturday 8 March.
A map showing MH370’s flight path.
The cargo manifest for MH370.
The seating plan for MH370.
It took four hours from the last official contact with the aircraft for authorities to initiate search and rescue operations.
It appears there was a lot of confusion in the initial hours after the plane went missing.
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