But more than a year into the search, thousands of kilometers away, debris from MH370 began washing up on the coast of Africa, an island in the Indian Ocean.
That's because a record-breaking amount of seaweed known as Sargassum, which can smell like rotten eggs or sulfur when it washes up on shore, is starting to pile up on popular beaches threatening tourism in certain areas.
After encountering all of the dirt and grime in the world - not to mention making some of your own gross things with those glamourous bodily functions of yours - it's best to take a nice, long shower and wash up.