Phoenix Contracted to Search for MH370
Phoenix International (USA) has been contracted by DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies (DEFTECH) to provide deep-water towed sidescan sonar services in support of continuing underwater search operations for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370). DEFTECH and Phoenix are working for Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), Malaysia’s leading international petroleum corporation, and the Government of Malaysia.
Phoenix will be an integral part of the international search team which will be closely coordinated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). Phoenix is teamed with Hydrospheric Solutions, LLC (Hydrospheric), of Whitefish, Montana and Seattle, Washington, to provide deep-water side-scan sonar search services. Side scan sonar operations will be conducted using the SLH ProSAS-60 towed synthetic aperture side scan sonar (SAS) system, which is rated to operate in depths to 6,000 meters. With this system, detailed high resolution images of the search area will be collected and analysed in real time by Phoenix and Hydrospheric personnel in an effort to locate the wreckage of MH370.
