Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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Gregory Polek

A new report issued by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau updating the progress of the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 indicates that the most recent analysis of satellite data shows a “high and increasing rate of descent” as the Boeing 777 plunged into the Indian Ocean, effectively discounting theories of a controlled descent. Separately, analysis of debris from MH370 that washed ashore in Tanzania indicates that the wing flap remained in its retracted position when it broke from the airplane, further debunking theories that the pilots tried to ditch the airplane as it approached the water. The findings appear to support investigators’ theories that the airplane ran out of fuel and dove into a remote part of the Indian Ocean off Western Australia.

 


Meanwhile, drift analysis results show that the debris so far recovered didn’t likely originate from south of the current search area. They also point to the northernmost regions of the search area as “less likely” crash points. Scientists continue their drift analysis work and expect to refine their results before the investigation ends.

 


MH370, a Boeing 777-200 with 239 passengers and crew aboard, disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to&nbsp;Beijing. Australia accepted responsibility for the search at the request of the Malaysian government; it has concentrated its effort in the southern Indian Ocean.

 


Australian authorities said they expect crews to finish their search of the 46,000-square mile early next year, by which time if no new evidence points to a specific location of the aircraft they would officially suspend the effort.

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