Malaysia, Australia reportedly in deal on black box custody
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-australia/1075816.html
A survey by Malaysia’s leading independent polling firm released earlier this week found that only 26 per cent of Malaysians believed the government was being transparent about MH370.
Previous likely flight paths south:
https://www.facebook.com/178566888854999/photos/pcb.740971779281171/740971732614509/?type=1&theater
The third one [not on the map] for the current search area where the 811 Arc intersects the S20 Parallel would have meant that the plane was travelling the last five hours @350 knots along a path about 300 miles shorter more to the east and closer to friendlier ditchable waters near Australia with fuel still in the tank.