The search is currently being undertaken in the purple area of the ATSB search zone but new analysis based on the discovery of possible debris from MH370 on la Reunion points to the northern end as the plane's likely resting place Source: Supplied
Posted on 08/05/2015 7:44:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
International researchers not directly affiliated with the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau, which is coordinating the underwater search, believe MH370 rests at the northern tip of the ATSB’s defined area rather than the south, which is the current focus.
A new likely splash zone was identified by internationally respected physicist, mathematician and algorithm modeller, Dr Henrik Rydberg in a report released on Monday.
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That conclusion matches the results of analysis undertaken by specialists from all over the world, working independently of each other, in the wake of the flaperon find.
The momentum has finally reached the ATSB, which released its new CSIRO drift model this morning in a 9.30am email that appears to take credit for the revised search zone.
Looking in the wrong place for 16 months has left Australian taxpayers with a bill of $100 million so far.
“The most recent drift modelling indicated that the net drift of most debris in the 16 months to July 2015 is likely to have been north and then west away from the accident site,” the ATSB communication states.
Dr Rydberg, who is based in Sweden and has worked with the independent group of MH370 investigators — a formidable panel of experts known as the IG — believes the Boeing 777 wing component known as a flaperon is “very likely to be confirmed coming from MH370”.
His findings take into account the possibility the flaperon may have washed up on the remote, French-governed island three months before it was announced on July 29.
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Thanks Ben. Nice.
Might get better results by consulting a psychic.
Why haven’t we seen more debris? An airplane that size, surely we would see more debris.
“Why haven’t we seen more debris? An airplane that size, surely we would see more debris.”
The flaperon is most likely a honeycomb structure so it floats, and it’s located where it could be torn from an in tact airframe entering the water. Just speculation though.
Have you seen the size of the ocean?
The plane is a speck.
If the plane was ditched gear up/flaps down this would be one of the few parts to exit the aircraft.
Tinfoil hat theories still could float to Reunion. Fly the plane NW instead to a secret intact landing in Central Asia as part of some Putin scheme. Extract whatever Putin wanted from the plane, cargo, crew and passengers. Destroy the rest. Provide appropriate damage to a few key items then dump them offshore from a sub. Makes more sense than most of what Obama says and does.
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