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Search for lost Malaysian jet shifts significantly after new lead

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I almost wish they would minimize any reporting on this until it's confirmed they've found evidence without a doubt. It must be heartbreaking for the families.

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Seems like we hear about new credible leads every day.

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I agree this is too much information, none of it definitive or even apprently credible. The type of thing that shows up the deficiencies in rolling news coverage.

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Stay tuned for more speculation.

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We get "leads" followed by a storm, followed by "new leads" followed by a storm. I wonder if any of those running the satellites are considering that the "leads" might be just whitecaps generated by the wind in front of the storms? Are the objects still there when the satellite makes it's next run 90 minutes later?

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in reality there are no leads, but this diverts us from the issues in europe and elsewhere. in reality no one really knows what happened or where the plane flew. but you can easily search over international water- you cannot so easily mount searches over land.

i doubt if they will find the plane in the water, and years from now- when safe- one of the countries in the land flight path will report they have now " found" the plane.

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A New Zealand orion plane has finally spotted some debris. Closest ship is a Chinese one. This is the first actual sighting (other than satellite) that we've had. Everything else has been just speculation. I hope the New Zealand discovery leads the ships currently closing in on the area to recover identifiable debris to bring certainty to the families of the victims.

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I agree this is too much information

I don't agree.

I'm all for new leads and rampant speculation.

It's terrible for the families, sure, but the mystery surrounding this flight is fascinating.

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i doubt if they will find the plane in the water, and years from now- when safe- one of the countries in the land flight path will report they have now " found" the plane.

Extremely doubtful. A crash on land would activate the ELT which would be detected by the next Cospar-Sarsat satellite pass. Those satellites can locate the transmitter to within a half mile or so. The only way that wouldn't happen is if the ELT's antenna was ripped from the radio, preventing the radio from transmitting much farther than a few hundred yards.

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The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that 5 separate search planes have now spotted debris in the new search area (based on the Thai satellite info). Seems they're now closing in on the crash site. 6 hours ago there'd been no plane sitings. Nothing can be confirmed until ships arrive and recover debris, but things seem to be advancing quite quickly now.

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Once they find the debris from the aircraft, then the REAL work begins. They will have to study the winds and currents over the last three weeks to "backtrack" the debris to where the plane actually entered the water. THAT'S the point where the search for the fuselage can begin.

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