Finding MH370

Jeff Wise
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An investigative podcast about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. www.deepdivemh370.com

  1. Seabed Search Wrap-up [S2Ep50 audio]

    1D AGO

    Seabed Search Wrap-up [S2Ep50 audio]

    It’s Sunday, February 8, and Armada 86 05 has set sail from Gage Roads near Perth Australia, and is not heading back out to the search area, as many had hoped, but is instead sailing for the Pacific, putting the search for MH370 back on ice. Some have speculated online that Ocean Infinity stopped looking because they found the wreckage; I’ll unpack why that is probably not the case, and will look at what lies ahead in the search for MH370. I’ll also unpack the mystery of a long telephone call that Captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah took part in before taking off on the fateful flight: Who was the call with, and was it tied to the plane’s disappearance? Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    15 min
  2. Search Week 4: One Mystery Solved, Another Emerges

    JAN 26

    Search Week 4: One Mystery Solved, Another Emerges

    Phase 2 of the seabed search for MH370 has ended, as Ocean Infinity’s search ship pulls its robot subs from the water and hands for port. In today’s episode we’ll talk about what they accomplished in the fourth week of their seabed scan and what lies ahead for future searches. We’ll also solve a mystery that cropped up in last week’s episode and see what we can make of a new one — namely, what entries in an Australian port schedule can tell us about Ocean Infinity’s plans. Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    16 min
  3. New Search: Week 3 Results [S2Ep48 audio]

    JAN 20

    New Search: Week 3 Results [S2Ep48 audio]

    Last week we expected that the scan of the seabed was about to take a short-term break, as Ocean Infinity’s research ship, Armada 86 05, was scheduled to return to port the very next day. Well, right after that episode dropped Ocean Infinity changed its plans, and its arrival data in Fremantle was changed from January 20 to January 29. This was definitely a welcome change, as it’s always a good thing if Ocean Infinity is going to spend more time on station scanning the seabed. But unfortunately, the weather did not play along. A storm hit the area, forcing Armada 86 05 to retrieve the AUVs and wait out the strong winds and massive waves. In today’s episode we break down how the seabed search progressed, and I have deep conversation with NASA’s Dr Nigel Packham, who spent decades at NASA studying safety and risk in manned spaceflight and was involved in the investigation into the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Unlike MH370, that was a case that officials were determined to pursue relentlessly until they had all the answers the needed to make sure that the same tragedy wouldn’t happen twice. I asked Dr. Packham how that kind of implacable attitude could be applied to MH370. Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    1h 17m
  4. New Search: Week 2 Results [S2Ep47 audio]

    JAN 14

    New Search: Week 2 Results [S2Ep47 audio]

    Ocean Infinity has completed its second week of searching the seabed of the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysian airliner, MH370, and it’s making good progress. But Armada 86 05, while a modern ship with state-of-the-art technology, isn’t really equipped to keep a substantial crew of mariners out at sea for very long, and the word on the street is that it will have to return to port very soon. In today’s episode we look at the area that it appears to have scanned, look ahead to the future, and answer questions sent in my viewers. Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    16 min
  5. New Search: Week 1 Results [S2Ep46 audio]

    JAN 6

    New Search: Week 1 Results [S2Ep46 audio]

    The marine survey vessel Armada 86 05 has been back out on station, resuming the search for MH370. Things haven’t gone entirely smoothly. The ship did a couple days’ worth of scanning, had to go on standby for a couple of days due to bad weather before deploying its deep-scanning robot subs once more. We happen to know more about the details of the search than we usually do because lately the company doing the search, Ocean Infinity, has been been unusually communicative with the families of the missing passengers and crew. In today’s episode I fill you in on everything that’s been happening and respond to viewer questions. Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    12 min
  6. Back in the Search Zone, with John Waters [S2Ep45 audio]

    12/31/2025

    Back in the Search Zone, with John Waters [S2Ep45 audio]

    Earlier this month the Malaysian government announced that the seabed search for MH370 would restart on December 30, and it looks looks like that is exactly what is happening. Right about now, as I’m putting together today’s episode on December 30, 2025, the Ocean Infinity marine survey vessel Armada 86 05 is pulling up to the search area, where it will deploy its three underwater robots to acoustically scan the seabed. The area that they’re planning to search is relatively small — just 10,000 square kilometers, compared to about 250,000 square kilometers during earlier searches between 2014 and 2018. That implies that they think they have a pretty specific idea of where to look. In today’s episode I discuss about how they got to the search area, where exactly they’ll be looking, and what likely comes next. I also talk with 777 pilot and podcaster John Waters about the seabed search and about his perspective on the mystery. Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    55 min
  7. Sailing to the Search Area [S2Ep44 audio]

    12/17/2025

    Sailing to the Search Area [S2Ep44 audio]

    It’s December 7, 2025, and Armada 86 05 has set sail from Benoa Port on the island of Bali, Indonesia. After spending a brief period conducting sea trials, it is now making a beeline for the area where it left off searching the seabed in March. If it maintains its current speed, it should arrive several days before the date previously given by the Malaysian government as the start of the new phase. In today’s episode, we discuss the capabilities as well as the limitation of the technology that Ocean Infinity will deploy once it arrives. Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    9 min
  8. Malaysia Announces Search Restart [S2Ep43 audio]

    12/04/2025

    Malaysia Announces Search Restart [S2Ep43 audio]

    It’s December 3, 2025, and the Malaysia Government has just announced that the private underwater survey company Ocean Infinity will officially recommence the seabed search for MH370 in three weeks’ time. Today, we’re going to talk about why they’re doing it now, where they’ll look, and whether they’re likely to succeed. Get full access to Finding MH370 at www.deepdivemh370.com/subscribe

    11 min
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An investigative podcast about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. www.deepdivemh370.com

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  • Creator
    Jeff Wise
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jeff Wise
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