Design of an improved decision search system for missing aircrafts: MH370 case study the deconstruction of houdini's greatest act

Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8th, 2014 with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The flight departed from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia at 16:42 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on what was scheduled to be a five hour and thirty-four-minute flight. During the flight, at 17:21 UTC, the communication system became inactive and all communication with the air traffic control ceased. The aircraft has not been found, therefore a new search tool is developed as a stochastic decision-based software that incorporates airplane dynamics, oceanic flow, and recorded searched areas to determine a probable resting location. The system makes a recommendation with minimal inputs but becomes more accurate as information is processed, weighed and calculated. The decision-based system uses the search for the MH370 plane as a trial to measure the effectiveness and precision of the system. The system functions on a personal computer and is comprehensible to a `non-expert' running a scenario.