How deep could MH370 be?

When Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared three years ago this week, the search brought the ocean’s vastness into sharp relief. This is how deep and dark it is three miles down. This is how unlikely you are to spot a downed airliner in 120,000 square nautical miles of open ocean.

How deep is the Malaysian sea?

Malaysia claims 200 metres (656 ft) in the depth of the continental shelf or to the depth of exploration within the area below the South China Sea known as Sundaland.

Did they find any parts of MH370?

Despite air and sea searches of vast stretches of the Indian Ocean, the aircraft and its passengers has never been found. A recent memorial reminds that MH370 is not the only missing aircraft out there.

What debris has been found from MH370?

Gibson, who has found a large number of pieces, at least half of the pieces of debris have been firmly identified as coming from MH370 or a 777. Critically the two largest pieces – the flaperon and flap – were positively identified as from MH370.

How deep is the Malacca Strait?

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Malacca Strait/Max depth

Strait of Malacca. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. In the south of the strait, water depths rarely exceed 120 feet (37 metres) and are usually about 90 feet (27 metres). Toward the northwest, the bottom gradually deepens until it reaches to about 650 feet (200 metres) as the strait merges with the Andaman Basin.

How deep would the ocean be if all the continents disappeared?

If we shaved off all the continents and filled the trenches in the oceans with the earth from the continents, the entire globe would be covered with water about 2 miles in depth. The average ocean depth is 12,566 feet about 3800 meters.

How deep can a human travel underwater?

Illustration by Graham Roumieu Exactly how deep can a human being travel underwater using current technology? The deepest point ever reached by man is 35,858 feet below the surface of the ocean, which happens to be as deep as water gets on earth.

What is the deepest point in the ocean that man has reached?

The deepest point ever reached by man is 35,858 feet below the surface of the ocean, which happens to be as deep as water gets on earth. To go deeper, you’ll have to travel to the bottom of the Challenger Deep, a section of the Mariana Trench under…

Is 47 meters underwater a deep dive?

But however you look at 47 metres down, this is a deep dive. It is 7 metres beyond the the recreational diver limit of 40 metres. What is the maximum depth a human body can go under water?