MH370 investigators to dump replica wing flaps in ocean to find crash site

Air crash investigators are planning to dump replica Boeing 777 wing flaps fitted with satellite trackers into the Indian Ocean in an effort to discover the wreckage of the missing MH370 jet. In July 2015, a flaperon washed ashore on a beach in Saint-Andre, Reunion Island. Now experts want to "reverse" the flaperon's journey in an effort to determine the most likely crash site. So far, experts have searched approximately 46,000 square miles of the ocean floor during a 2-year operation but have failed to find the missing jet. A new search would require a new funding commitment, with Malaysia, Australia and China agreeing in July that the NZ$160m search will be suspended once the current stretch of ocean southwest of Australia is exhausted unless new evidence emerges that would pinpoint a specific location of the aircraft. <br/>