# A Debris Backwards Flow Simulation System for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a particle-tracking simulation system to analyze potential crash locations of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 using ocean current data and a Lagrangian approach.

## Contribution

It presents a novel two-way particle-tracking model specifically designed for debris drift analysis of MH370.

## Key findings

- Simulates debris drift based on ocean currents
- Provides a tool for narrowing down crash site locations
- Excludes wind, waves, and hydrodynamic effects in the model

## Abstract

This paper presents a system based on a Two-Way Particle-Tracking Model to analyze possible crash positions of flight MH370. The particle simulator includes a simple flow simulation of the debris based on a Lagrangian approach and a module to extract appropriated ocean current data from netCDF files. The influence of wind, waves, immersion depth and hydrodynamic behavior are not considered in the simulation.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1702.08875