Originally Posted by
Eryeal
But the interesting bit is that the Chinese vessel is operating outside of any designated search area that all participants are supposed to be searching, which is leading to speculation that somehow China has additional information that they are not sharing.
Speculative, but I wouldn't be surprised if one or more nations has had a sub sailing along that flight arc for a little while, and the Chinese ones may have a head start on getting to the right area. I don't expect the operating nations to be particularly transparent about what they find where and when. Directing a surface ship to an area identified by the sub would be a good way to mask what really happened.