Satellite looking into missing Malaysia flight detects 'suspected crash area'

CNN ^ | March 12, 2014 | Jethro Mullen and Michael Pearson, CNN

[maggief]

[House Atreides]

This location (photo from Sunday) is “down current” from where the Oil Platform worker reported on Saturday seeing something come down. South China sea has some strong currents.

By the way, this looks like it’s off the planned flight path.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Most nations are not eager to advertise their satellite reconnaissance cababilites, so that’s probably why China waited. It might have something to do with protecting the location of their satellite, if it’s a classified bird. So they waited..

[onyx]

Sheppard showing your pictures now.

WOO-HOO!

[CivilWarBrewing]

Sorry, the King has cancelled the U-2’s. Can’t afford the fuel. Sorry.

[Jaded]

Yes, and “every sinew of our being knows this is the plane”.

[Starstruck]

If this is the crash site, the images were taken on Sunday, it is now Wednesday, how come they haven’t located these large debris fields

That is actually pretty far off the projected flight path. Take google earth mark out an area the search size and try to find an object the size of an airplane.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Spy satellites are pretty sophisticated. If China’s found the wreckage, it’s an intelligence coup for them. Like others here have said, our Sats are busy monitoring car movements of Tea Party members.

[Parley Baer]

How far would the currents have moved the debris from the original crash site? The satellite picture is more or less where the oil rig guy saw the flash of light counting for the currents.

[Sarah Barracuda]

That guy on CNN seems to suggest he doesn’t think its the plane..could be..if this is the plane I hope it gives the families peace, they have been going through an unimaginable hell for 6 days now, they deserve to know what happened to their loved ones

[wtd]

ff 00:55 to CNN Video report . . .& hear reporter suggest this site roughly coincides with the location provided by the oil rig worker

[Old Sarge]

OMGawd, I HAD that game!!!

[jjsheridan5]

probably found but not analized until today.

There are certain words in the English language where it is a good idea to double check spelling.

[Proud2BeRight]

With so many ships and aircraft supposedly looking in the area, could the satellite be seeing search equipment?

[CivilWarBrewing]

..and you can bet that China has blurred their released images to disguise the resolution capability of their spy satellites. Hehehe.

[luvie]

Well said. :)

[CivilWarBrewing]

Those images are supposedly from the time of the aircraft’s flight.

[luvie]

Amelia Earhart?

[Prospero]

Quite the busy place, the South China Sea.

[TomGuy]

Most nations are not eager to advertise their satellite reconnaissance cababilites,

Probably.

Fictional (?) scenario:

China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense announced that they have dispatched USS submarine to investigate under-sea wreckage.