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People have no idea how large and deserted the Indian Ocean is. By deserted I mean no radar coverage or satellite focus as there is usually little to nothing going on in this region of the world. People living in a populated country cant image its immense emptiness
Actually the Indian Ocean has quite a bit going on. The air routes between South Africa and Asia, and between Australia and the Middle East are pretty well used. It's one of the busier regions of the world. Now if you want a region with nothing going on, that would be the South Pacific. Except for a few inter-island flights and couple of flights a day from Australia to South America, there is really no air traffic there.
But I do agree there is probably not much radar or satellite focus on the Indian Ocean.
It sounds like a publicity stunt to me. I doubt they will even make a serious search effort. Clearly there is nothing left of the plane except parts, and they are scattered all over the Indian Ocean by now.
"The company, in a statement, said the search is estimated to last 90 days and it will receive payment only if the aircraft wreckage is found."
That's an insane bet! Either they are pretty sure they have already found it or they will be declaring bankruptcy soon. The cynic in me suspects the latter as a means to cover up something.
I'm confused. Isn't this the same company/search that AZLiam posted about in October? Or is this new, news?
Indeed it is. My bad for not seeing the previous post about this. The article I posted is basically an update, announcing that the search begins this month.
It sounds like a publicity stunt to me. I doubt they will even make a serious search effort. Clearly there is nothing left of the plane except parts, and they are scattered all over the Indian Ocean by now.
I don't see what difference it makes. Seems like a pretty sweet opportunity for the Malaysian government. If they don't pony up than the Malaysian gvmt is on the hook for nada. If they do pony up though, the Malaysian gvmt wins because they followed through on what they said they were going to do for really a paltry sum of money.
Indeed it is. My bad for not seeing the previous post about this. The article I posted is basically an update, announcing that the search begins this month.
Got it! I hope they can find some answers for the families!
"The company, in a statement, said the search is estimated to last 90 days and it will receive payment only if the aircraft wreckage is found."
That's an insane bet! Either they are pretty sure they have already found it or they will be declaring bankruptcy soon. The cynic in me suspects the latter as a means to cover up something.
They think they have a better shot at it, because they're going to search with submersibles. But still, the entire Indian Ocean is a vast area. There's no way they could cover all potential crash sites in 90 days, especially getting a late start on the best weather-season. And everyone's assuming the plane would still be on the bottom of the ocean near where it crashed, as if those powerful ocean currents wouldn't have moved it along, after all these years. IDK, maybe a plane is too big/heavy to be moved by those currents. Is there an oceanographer in the house?
Still, they don't know if it's off of Australia somewhere, or if it crashed north of there, somewhere, or if it crashed around the Maldives, where someone reported seeing it, or west of there, closer to Africa, etc.
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