First images of the lost MH370 flight

Malaysia's defence minister tells Sky News he believes a new search with cutting-edge sonar technology will find the jet.

A South Korean P3 Orion aircraft takes off from Pearce Airbase, in Bullsbrook, 35 kms north of Perth to help in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on April 17, 2014 in Perth, Australia. Picture: Greg Pool Source: Supplied

MORE than nine months after flight MH370 disappeared on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, this is what searchers have found.

The picture was released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to show what images search vessels are recording as they scour the southern Indian Ocean.

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Synthetic aperture sonar acoustic image of the sea floor gathered by GO Phoenix. Source: Supplied

"The image is a synthetic aperture sonar acoustic image of the seafloor gathered by GO Phoenix," reads the ATSB's latest statement.

"This is indicative of the resolution and quality of the data and that it is revealing important detail of the seafloor."

The Go Phoenix and Fugro Discovery continue to work around the clock intensively scanning the ocean floor, much of it up to 6000m below the water surface.

To date, more than 9000 square kilometres has been searched, representing 16 per cent of the 55,000 square kilometre priority search area.

"In addition to locating the aircraft, the underwater search aims to map the MH370 debris field in order to identify and prioritise the recovery of specific aircraft components, including flight recorders, which will assist with the Malaysian investigation.

"The equipment used on the vessels is providing extraordinary data."

The MH370 search area encompasses the seabed on and around Broken Ridge, an extensive linear, mountainous sea floor structure that once formed the margin between two geological plates. Source: Supplied

Three-dimensional models of the seafloor terrain. These plates spread apart between 20 and 100 million years ago, under similar processes found today at spreading plate margins such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Source: Supplied

Although leaders of the Australian led search effort remain confident they are looking in the right place, there is widespread concern the fate of MH370 may never be known.

Yet an Australian scientist believes it is possible to solve the mystery by by identifying cloud changes for evidence of vapour trails caused by burning fuel emissions from the aircraft.

A relative of Chinese passengers grieves after being told of the latest news in Beijing on March 24, 2014. Picture: Ng Han Guan Source: AP

Peter Foley, Program Director, Operational Search for MH370, at ATSB headquarters in Canberra. Source: News Corp Australia

A Fugro autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) maps 110,000 square kilometres of the remote area's vast sea floor. Source: Supplied

The Search for MH370 video aims to explain the activities and complexity of the search effort to date, for families affected by the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and the general public.

Hydrometeorologist Aron Gingis, head of environmental consultancy firm Australian Management Consolidated, and a former Monash University academic has used the technology to locate lost shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean and believes the same could be done for MH370.

The changes in the clouds microphysics caused by the expressed emissions helps to identify significant changes in the atmosphere.

Mr Gingis said he was able to track ship trails in the North Pacific Ocean by identifying fuel vapour emissions present in the cloud seen on the left of this archival satellite image and can do the same with MH370. Source: Supplied

Malaysia's Defence Minister being briefed on MH370 search. Source: Twitter

The Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 777 was carrying 239 passengers and crew including six Australians.

The aircraft lost all communications and radar contact between Malaysia and Vietnam shortly before diverting south from its flight path.

But several "handshakes" recorded between the aircraft and satellites have allowed experts to plot a probable path for MH370 along what is known as the seventh arc in the southern Indian Ocean.

Priority search area for MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Source: Supplied

Adding to the mystery of the aircraft's disappearance is the lack of any debris from the plane.

Search leaders believe the remoteness of its final resting place, mean any wreckage would take months to reach land.

They have asked the residents of Sumatra in Indonesia to be on the alert for debris washing ashore.

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