Armada 86 05 is now enroute to the MH370 search area west-south-west of Fremantle, Western Australia with operations due to start on December 30th.
Armada 86 05 left Fremantle on 23rd December and made two stops, but is now underway to the
MH370 search area. Ocean Infinity is currently on course to reach the point where Armada 78 06
left off on 28th March 2025.
The first stop for 16h 40 m off Rottnest Island was an overnight stop as per the Richard Godfrey’s copyright, graphic below.
The second stop for 30h 27m was for an exercise off the continental shelf in waters with a depth
of 670 m down to 3,000 m as per Richard Godfrey’s copyright map below.
Here is Richard Godfrey’s overall copyright map.
Here is our video report.
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