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What now for MH370 Annex 13 JIT investigation?

While at the BRB darts comp the other night, points of discussion inevitably turned to MH370. Much speculation revolved around when/how/what/who/if the JIT FR will be released, so much so it might be worth "K" considering running a tote board on the subject - hint...

Out of interest and for any possible clue to what might happen next, I thought it might be worth revisiting the 'official' Malaysian MOT (AAIB) MH370 webpage, because after all Malaysia is still very much firmly in control of the Annex 13 investigation.

This is the introduction from the MOT MH370 webpage:       

AIR INCIDENT INVESTIGATION



MH370

Malaysia is leading the investigation into the disappearance of MH370 as a state of registry. A team of independent investigators was formed on 25th April 2014 to carry out an independent safety investigation in accordance with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 and Malaysia Civil Aviation Regulation 1996 (ICAO Annex 13 and CAR 1996). Seven (7) Accredited Representatives namely from Australia, China, France, Singapore, United States, Indonesia and the United Kingdom.

The Investigation Team released an Interim Statement and Factual Information in accordance with ICAO Annex 13 standards on the first anniversary of the loss of flight MH370. Investigation and search operations are ongoing to find the cause of the accident for further analysis and thereby proposed improvement of safety recommendations.

Besides the web links for reports, press releases etc. it is quite obvious the webpage has not been updated in quite a long time, so no clues there. Perhaps the last line (in bold above) and the recent reports that the Malaysian's AAIB have placed investigators in charge of monitoring and retrieving further possible debris discoveries - see HERE . Plus some of the recent comments from Liow at the Perth (Henderson) MH370 press conference and HERE...

...would strongly suggest that the Annex 13 investigation Final Report will not be released anytime soon.

However I would suggest that unless the possible recent debris findings provide some startling clues possibly causal to the MH370 disappearance then the Annex 13 investigation has stalled,  subsequently until the MH370 fuselage and/or black boxes are found, it is highly unlikely there will be any..

"..proposed improvement of safety recommendations..."

Therefore I expect the Malaysians will have no choice but to release an 'inconclusive' FR on or before the 3rd anniversary of the tragic disappearance of MH370...


MTF...P2