Malaysian MH370 - New ideas - Curt Lewis

Experts searching for MH370 will float replica wing parts into the Indian Ocean to try to track the path of debris from the missing airliner

• Replica flaperons been built to help track debris from MH370
• Flaperons help stabilise a plane during and after take-off
• Australia CSIRO and ATSB have fitted the replicas with location transmitters

Experts hunting for missing flight MH370 plan to float replica plane wing parts across the Indian Ocean in their latest efforts to find the airliner.

Scientists from Australia's government-funded science and research organisation the CSIRO and search experts from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau have made copies of the missing plane's flaperon.
A flaperon from the plane was found off the coast of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean on July 29, 2015, but the discovery did not lead to lead back to the main fuselage.

The team made is making six replica flaperons which have been fitted with transmitters and will be set out to sea with buoys off the coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania, according to The Australian.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau director of Flight 370 search operations Peter Foley standing beside the replica wing flaps

Authorities from Reunion Island carry a two-metre long piece of debris that appears to be a wing found on July 29, 2015

Flaperons are located on the wing, close to the body of the plane and help stabalise a plane during and after taking off, creating lift and drag of a wing, according to WSJ.

The team will track the replica wings course and speed to compare the movement and behaviour from 30 years of data from American buoys.

The scientists will collect the information and add the new data to the patterns of the buoys.

The search for the missing MH370 has focused over the Indian Ocean towards Western Australia and towards Africa

They believe debris is likely to have drifted to the southern coast of Western Australia, towards Tasmania or across the Indian Ocean towards Africa.
MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board.