MH370 contract winner has 300 days to complete search
The successful tenderer for the next phase of the search for missing flight MH370 will have 300 days in which to sonar scan a search area of up to 60,000 square kms of the Indian Ocean sea bed at depths of up to 6000 metres, and be paid in installments for mapping no less than 5000 square kms every 25 days.
The winner’s first task will be to search a reduced and prioritised area of approximately 17,500 square kms along the 650 kms long search arc which corresponds with the evolving best estimates of the likely impact area of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which with 239 people on board, vanished as a transponder identified airliner under baffling circumstances on 8 March when it was only 42 minutes into a five hours 50 minutes flight between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing.
The prioritised zone has not been identified, but the AusTender documents dated 4 June says this will be finalized in coming weeks.
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