[blueplum]

from cbs: alleged confirmation the plane was carrying ‘wooden pallets’ (about 9 paragraphs up from the end of the article)

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-search-chinese-plane-spots-suspicious-objects-in-indian-ocean/

[silverleaf]

wooden pallets?
well, duh.
Don’t these folks have any idea how much stuff is simply dumped overboard or washed off of cargo ships?

[DaveA37]

There is soooooo much debris floating around in that ocean, when “white objects” are spotted, everyone panics hoping it is part of an airplane. For many who have NEVER been at sea, there is junk floating in ALL oceans of this world. (I have seen it with my own eyes). In particular, the area where these “objects” are being spotted is a mecca for the crap.

I wish the media would STOP getting all excited about “junk” and wait until something of known origin surfaces, if ever. Personally, I don't think that aircraft is IN the ocean. My $ is that it is hidden someplace and that our gubmint knows where it is. Now waiting to see what the next plan is so they can watch that unfold like all the other stuff they have missed. (Incompetents at the highest lever abounds)

[DaveA37]

There is soooooo much debris floating around in that ocean, when “white objects” are spotted, everyone panics hoping it is part of an airplane. For many who have NEVER been at sea, there is junk floating in ALL oceans of this world. (I have seen it with my own eyes). In particular, the area where these “objects” are being spotted is a mecca for the crap.

I wish the media would STOP getting all excited about “junk” and wait until something of known origin surfaces, if ever. Personally, I don't think that aircraft is IN the ocean. My $ is that it is hidden someplace and that our gubmint knows where it is. Now waiting to see what the next plan is so they can watch that unfold like all the other stuff they have missed. (Incompetents at the highest lever abounds)