AF447 vs. MH370

Mungkin MH370 akan memberikan petunjuk lokasi sebenar didalam beberapa hari ini. Perbandingan dibuat berdasarkan kemalangan AF447 dilautan atlantik.

Berdasarkan laporan rasmi BEA (Agensi Penerbangan Perancis), kronologi kemalangan AF-447 seperti berikut;

Chronology

• 1^st June 2009 : Search and Rescue (SAR) operations launched and coordinated by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Recife (Brazil). Safety investigation launched.
• 6 – 18 June 2009: the remains of fifty victims and some aeroplane parts were found by French and Brazilian naval forces.
• 10 June – 10 July 2009: undersea searches to detect signals transmitted by the two flight recorders' emergency locator beacons.
• 2^nd July 2009: publication of the first BEA Interim Report.



serpihan pesawat dijumpai pada minggu kedua selepas AF447dilaporkan hilang

• 27 July – 17 August 2009: undersea searches with side-scan sonar and a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to locate the site of the aeroplane wreckage.