This agreement seems similar to that signed with Egypt re: EgyptAir990. The Aussies are perceived as friendly to Malaysia and China and they’ll likely source the Brit equivalent of the NTSB anyway, who the Malaysians are agreeable to(having dissed the NTSB early in the game).
The Moosefolk community are in the same state of mind as in 1999; They know it’s their guys but they’ll never admit it on their own.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990
I was reading the Mirror earlier and they report that the search area has been reduced to a 6.2 mile circle. The survey should be complete within a week.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/flight-mh370-live-maritime-expert-3376572
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At the rate that they have been going of 35 sq miles a day they should be able to cover 6.2 sq miles in a few hours not a week.
It sounds like they have seen something and they are going in for a closer look.