Originally Posted by
stinky123
If it really is the case that the plane was last sighted on radar in the straits of malacca maybe they should just call off the sar mission and wait until someone sees something worthy of investigating. Because now the plane could be anywhere. Before the twentieth century it was common for ships to go down with all hands, and never be recovered. Maybe we should be taking a more 19h century attitude on this one.
You are right, but you should not forget that China is putting Malaysia under a huge load of pressure to find the aircraft. They have to be seen to be looking everywhere ASAP.