Video Shows Ocean Floor During Search for Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370

Nine months later, search for vanished plane continues.

The plane vanished in March, and Australian search teams have been scouring the southern seas ever since for any signs of the missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner.

The computer-animated video offers a visualization of the sea floor terrain in the search area, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. It was necessary to map the sea floor before the underwater search begins, the ATSB said.

Bathymetry is the study and mapping of the floors of oceans, seas or lakes.