Factual Information 2015:1.1 History of the Flight/1.1.4
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1.1.4 Search for Aircraft
Extensive work done by the MH370 Search Strategic group, coordinated by Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), by analysing signals transmitted by the aircraft’s satellite communications terminal to Inmarsat’s Indian Ocean Region satellite indicated that the aircraft continued to fly for several hours after loss of contact. The analysis showed the aircraft changed course shortly after it passed the northern tip of Sumatra (Indonesia) and travelled in a southerly direction until it ran out of fuel in the southern Indian Ocean west of Australia. Details of this work can be found in ATSB’s report: AE-2014-054 dated 26 June 2014, available at ATSB’s website: www.atsb.gov.au