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MH370: Mystery SolvedCopyright © 2018 by Larry VanceAll Rights Reserved

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Source for all photographs and illustrations used in the book is provided in the log of figures in the book and at the end of this file. Photographs used in figures 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and bottom photograph in figure 26, as attributed to ATSB in the log of figures, are sourced from ATSB website at atsb.gov.au/mh370-pages/resources/images. These ATSB photo-graphs are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Australia. You can find the original caption for each photograph on ATSB website. ATSB photographs used for figure 26 (except photograph on the bottom) and for figure 9 illustration are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia. Figure 16 images: top left image extracted from the photograph by Bill Abbot, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0; the top right, bottom left and bottom right photographs source and license per figure 11, 14 and 26 attri-butions respectively. All third-party photographs used in the book and this PDF file were annotated; they were also converted to grayscale for use in the book.

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FIGURE 1 Boeing 777 Reference Diagram

LONGITUDINAL AXIS(CHORDWISE DIRECTION)

LATERAL AXIS(SPANWISE DIRECTION)

AILERON

OUTBOARDFLAP

FLAPERON

FLAPERON OUTBOARDFLAP

AILERON

RUDDER

ELEVATOR

HORIZONTALSTABILIZER

VERTICALAXIS

ROLLCONTROL

YAWCONTROL

PITCHCONTROL

BASIC TERMINOLOGY REFERENCE

FUSELAGE

FWD

AFT

WING ROOT

INBOARDFLAP

INBOARDFLAP

FIGURE 2 Typical Wreckage Pieces from Swissair 111

FIGURE 5 Wreckage from Swissair 111

FIGURE 3 B777 Right Wing Showing Flaperon Location

FIGURE 4 Recovered MH370 Flaperon

Leading Edge

FIGURE 6 Depiction of a B777 in a High-Speed Diving Crash

FIGURE 7 Showing the Flaperon Trailing Edge Erosion Damage

FIGURE 8 A Depiction of MH370 Entering the Water in a Pilot-Controlled Ditching

FIGURE 9 The Recovered Flap Piece from the Right Outboard Flap – Inset Shows Its Installed Location

FIGURE 10 Flaperon on the Right Wing Showing Gaps at Each End

FIGURE 11 Inboard End of the Recovered Flap Piece

FIGURE 12 The Endplate as viewed from Inside the Seal Pan

FIGURE 13 Schematic of a B777 Looking from Directly Overhead

FIGURE 14 A View Inside the Seal Pan of the Recovered Flap Piece

FIGURE 15 Outboard End of Flaperon – Inboard End of Flap Piece

FIGURE 16 The Black Smudge Marks Show that the Flaps Were Extended (Down)

FIGURE 17 Depiction of Attachment Points – Flaps to Wing

FIGURE 18 Depiction of the Support Track Architecture

FIGURE 19 Recovered Piece of the Right Outboard Flap

FIGURE 20 Damage at the Entry Hole Into the Seal Pan

FIGURE 21 Inside the Seal Pan – Damage from Two Different Directions

FIGURE 22 Fractured Flap Mount – Insert Shows Fractured and Bent Push/Pull Rod

FIGURE 23 A Close Up View of the Fractured and Bent Push/Pull Rod

FIGURE 24 Overlapping Gouging from Compressive Buckling Loads

FIGURE 25 Impact Witness Mark from Contact with Support Track Aft End

FIGURE 26 Showing the Absence of Specific Damage – Proof that the Flaps Were Extended (Down)

FIGURE 27 Depicting Two Wreckage Pieces that are Basically Twins – One From Each Side of the Airplane

FIGURE 28 The Identified Interior Wreckage Pieces from MH370

FIGURE 29 Depiction of the Recovered Wreckage Pieces from MH370

FIGURE 30 Depiction of the Seven Handshakes

Figure Description Attribution

1 Boeing 777 Reference Diagram Technical drawing by Parisee

2 Typical Wreckage Pieces from Swissair 111

From author’s personal collection (the Swissair 111 Investigation Records)

3 B777 Right Wing Showing Flaperon Location

Personal photograph, annotation by Parisee

4 Recovered MH370 FlaperonSource: Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA), annotation by Parisee

5 Wreckage from Swissair 111 From author’s personal collection (the Swissair 111 Investigation Records)

6 Depiction of a B777 in a High-Speed Diving Crash Visualization by Parisee

7 Showing the Flaperon Trailing Edge Erosion Damage

Source: Direction générale de l’armement / Techniques aéronautiques (modified by ATSB), annotation by Parisee

8 A Depiction of MH370 Entering the Water in a Pilot-Controlled Ditching Visualization by Parisee

9The Recovered Flap Section from the Right Outboard Flap – Insert Shows Its Installed Location

Depiction by Parisee based on ATSB photograph

10 Flaperon on the Right Wing Showing Gaps at Each End

Personal photograph, annotation by Parisee

11 Inboard End of the Recovered Flap Section

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

12 The Endplate as Viewed from Inside the Seal Pan

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

13 Schematic of a B777 Looking from Directly Overhead Technical drawing by Parisee

14 A View Inside the Seal Pan of the Recovered Flap Section

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

15 Outboard End of Flaperon – Inboard End of Flap Section

Inboard end photograph by ATSB, outboard end photograph source per Figure 7 attribution, annotation by Parisee

16 The Black Smudge Marks Show that the Flaps Were Extended (Down)

Photographs by ATSB and Bill Abbott (see copyright page for details), annotation by Parisee

LOG OF FIGURES AND PHOTO ATTRIBUTIONS

17 Depiction of Attachment Points – Flaps to Wing

Public domain photograph, annotation by Parisee

18 Depiction of the Support Track Architecture Visualization by Parisee

19 Recovered Piece of the Right Outboard Flap

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

20 Damage at the Entry Hole Into the Seal Pan

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

21 Inside the Seal Pan – Damage from Two Different Directions

Photographs from ATSB, annotation by Parisee

22 Fractured Flap Mount – Insert Shows Fractured and Bent Push/Pull Rod

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

23 A Close Up View of the Fractured and Bent Push/Pull Rod

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

24 Overlapping Gouging from Compressive Buckling Loads

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

25 Impact Witness Mark from Contact with Support Track Aft End

Photograph by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

26Showing the Absence of Specific Damage – Proof that the Flaps Were Extended (Down)

Photographs by ATSB, annotation by Parisee

27Depicting Two Wreckage Pieces that are Basically Twins – One from Each Side of the Airplane

Photographs sourced from documents released by Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation for MH370 – left side photographs sourced from document titled Summary of Possible MH370 Debris Recovered (updated 14 October 2016), item 9 – right side photographs sourced from document titled Debris Examination Report (updated on 30th April 2017), item 15; technical drawing and annotation by Parisee

28 The Identified Interior Wreckage Pieces from MH370

Photographs sourced from document released by Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation for MH370 titled Summary of Possible MH370 Debris Recovered (updated 14 October 2016), items 5, 16 and 11; annotation by Parisee

29 Depiction of the Recovered Wreckage Pieces from MH370 Source: Ministry of Transport Malaysia

30 Depiction of the Seven HandshakesVisualization by Parisee, based on ATSB depiction in The Operational Search for MH370 report