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US official: Plane debris in Indian Ocean same type as MH370
WASHINGTON (AP) — Air safety investigators have a "high degree of confidence" that aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday. (news.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Try searching on Indian Ocean Gyre
Sorry about my post not being properly threaded. Looks like the forum now offers two entry prompts, and I didn't see the second one. Anyway, yeah, I did some reading, and as I expected, the currents are basically very chaotic, with the Indian Ocean Gyre even reversing direction seasonally. I imagine things are not particularly close to mean conditions right now either, since we're in a strong El Niño, which affected ocean currents before the atmosphere. More relevant would be historical data rather than mean or typical data.
I did find an article showing southern ocean buoy tracks, which illustrates the chaotic nature of the currents very well: https://62e528761d0685343e1c-f3d1b99a743ffa4142d9d7f1978d9686.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/44498/area14mp/f6kyb8qk-1395617835.jpg
I did find an article showing southern ocean buoy tracks, which illustrates the chaotic nature of the currents very well: https://62e528761d0685343e1c-f3d1b99a743ffa4142d9d7f1978d9686.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/44498/area14mp/f6kyb8qk-1395617835.jpg
As they say, that will make backtracking this flotsam 'non-trivial'
The chaotic state of the ocean currents around the equator also must make the Maldives a possible source for the debris given the reported sightings there. If the plane had been flying low and slow on its last known radar checked westerly course, it might explain the timing of when it was apparently sighted over the Maldives just after dawn there. I am amazed that the Maldives possibility has been discounted for so long.
Latest report can be seen at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/the-maldive-islanders-who-say-they-can-help-find-mh370/story-e6frg95x-1227290748703
Latest report can be seen at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/the-maldive-islanders-who-say-they-can-help-find-mh370/story-e6frg95x-1227290748703
There is always the possibility that this could be from some other plane that lost a flaperon that we never heard about, BUT, if it is from 370, the rumor and speculation mill will start all over again. As one is discounted, 2 more will surface. As we have done without anything official for over a year now, chances are we will be subject to it again.
Reports now coming in that a plane door has been found on Reunion Island so if it is MH370 debris maybe will start to get more facts to work with rather than calculations, assumptions, guesses and theories.
Report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33750811
Report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33750811
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents/overlay=currents/orthographic=-283.95,-14.26,1000
I know almost nothing of Indian Ocean currents, but at first glance at this website, it appears to me there's not a strong current, like, say, the Gulf Current. If anyone knows of an online resource showing currents over the past year and a half, I'd be interested.