It looks like an overall summary of
what's been discussed here at Free Republic dot com.
But what is of use to me is
this statement towards the end of his article.
" A satellite was able to pick up a ‘ping’ from the plane until 08:11 local time,more than seven hours after it lost radar contact,
although it was unable to give a precise location.
Mr Razak went on to say that based on this new data, investigators ‘have determined the plane’s last communication with a satellite was in one of two possible corridors –north from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through to northern Thailand,
and south from Indonesia to the southern Indian Ocean. "
Now take that information and
the arc ping map along with the jet route map, and you can find possible links.
We find
BISHKEK MANAS,
Kyrgyzstan and Manas has a 13,800-foot long runway, built for Soviet bombers.
That led to some interesting possibilities.
Excellent sources here and good pin-pointing.
Your Global Security link leads to this key info:
The United States has started the withdrawal from an airbase in Kyrgyzstan that serves as the main transit hub for NATO forces in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said in a statement on 18 October 2013.
In 2011, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev announced plans to shut the base down by 2014, when the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is to be pulled out of Afghanistan.
He signed a bill ordering the closure of the base into law in June 2013. It stipulates that US forces must abandon the base at Manas International Airport, near the capital Bishkek, by July 2014.
Wonder what shape Manas International is in right now?
Here's a link that shows the extent of this search for abandoned airfields as well as active ones.The zoom & drag feature is particularly helpful.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Runways in Range