Originally Posted by
bimmerdriver
Inmarsat announced that they had records of pings from the aircraft and that they disclosed the information to MH.
I haven't seen anything saying that Inmarsat had records of more than the last ping, or had analysed the other pings, or had given all that to MH. I'm not saying it didn't happen, just that I haven't seen it reported. Do you have a cite for this?
Originally Posted by
bimmerdriver
Presumably the details of the other pings have already been used to construct possible tracks for the aircraft.
The you.tube link above showed how multiple pings could have been used but the final results didn't look that different (to me) than simply using the last ping and putting a corridor around it for another hour flight time.
Originally Posted by
bimmerdriver
Further, you have to think that there have been air searches of the possible tracks for debris and none has been found.
Those tracks are thousands of miles long and possibly 200 miles wide. The northern is over difficult terrain where debris might be hard to see. The southern is over ocean where debris has had 11 (?) days to drift with the current. It is way too early to say that they've been comprehensively searched.
Originally Posted by
bimmerdriver
I find it hard to believe the aircraft took the southern track. If whomever was at the controls simply wanted to ditch the aircraft, they could have done it anywhere. Therefore, I think it's far more likely that the aircraft took the northern track, possibly by flying closely to another aircraft to avoid detection. Considering that the initial behavior of the flight has embarrassed the Malaysian air force, I suspect that the air forces of the respective countries to the north are also embarrassed that the flight transited through their airspace without detection. I think it's quite possible that the aircraft landed somewhere in southern Asia, flying right under the noses of at least a few countries.
Both north and south are mysteries. If south, as you say, why? If north, how did they hope to avoid detection from radar (and how did they
actually avoid detection.) I don't think there's yet a plausible explanation for either.