Originally Posted by
diabolicNYC
If the plane did crash west of Australia as suspected, how could they only find two pieces on their satellite data? Wouldn't there be a lot more that would float to the surface?
strong currents disperse wreckage pretty quickly, so you're not looking at a concentrated 'spot' the way we might have 24 or 48 hours after the crash.
Also, anything that didn't stay floating probably won't be just randomly coming up.