sydney/singapore captain malaysian airlines aircraft vanish somewhere southern indian ocean 239 people board fly route home flight simulator six weeks early initially similar one actually take australian authorities say tuesday detail contain 440-page final report australian transport safety bureau atsb unsuccessful search flight mh370 disappearance boeing 777 march 2014 flight beijing malaysian capital kuala lumpur become one world great aviation mysteries report conclude reason loss aircraft could establish certainty aircraft find almost inconceivable certainly societally unacceptable modern aviation era ... large commercial aircraft miss world know certainty become aircraft board atsb say aircraft think divert thousands miles course southern indian ocean crash coast western australia australia lead underwater hunt malaysia china call 200 million 160 million search plane january despite protest families onboard six weeks aircraft disappearance captain zaharie ahmad shah use home simulator fly route initially similar part route fly mh370 strait malacca left-hand turn track southern indian ocean atsb say report last data point aircraft fly approximately 4,200 nautical miles report say possible fuel load board aircraft flight mh370 simulate aircraft track also inconsistent model use satellite signal data mh370 report say however atsb say enough similarities flight path mh370 agency carefully consider possible implications underwater search area include whether glide fuel exhaustion ditch control manner aircraft debris find late indicate flap likely retract consistent control ditch report say australia main scientific agency say august believe unprecedented precision certainty plane crash northeast search zone find dismiss australia government time specific enough search re-opened depend find credible new evidence plane whereabouts atsb report publish tuesday detail unsuccessful 1,046-day hunt plane surface indian ocean scientific analyse satellite picture sea currents even barnacles find cling piece plane find reunion island understand mh370 may locate good ever underwater search eliminate high probability areas atsb say ... deeply regret able locate aircraft 239 souls board remain miss recommend aircraft aircraft equipment manufacturers investigate provide good methods automate satellite track plan encounter problems flight future malaysia continue investigate plane whereabouts august say receive offer private seabed exploration firm ocean infinity resume search malaysian investigators say 2015 nothing suspicious financial medical personal histories pilot crew graphic world 's large search click tmsnrt.rs/2xbonen report mh370 find 'initially similar route pilot 's flight simulator