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Re:The data behind the search for MH370 by adekok on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @10:14AM (#14804386)
> If it did enter the sea along this arc, wouldn't they have found it?

Perhaps you're unclear on how large the ocean is, how deep the sea floor is, how rugged the sea floor is, and how little we know about it... even with all of the scanning done.

It's entirely within the realm of possibility that MH370 fell and was covered by a landslide, or fell into a crevasse, or one of many other things.

It's not like the sea floor is a large flat plain with a shiny metal object sitting on top.

Re:The data behind the search for MH370 by retrogradeorbit on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @10:17AM (#14804405)
You should always question assumptions. Especially when millions of dollars are being spent searching. Do you have the data, the calculation of this arc, and the review of this method or not?

Do you think its strange that all the debris has washed up on the opposite side of the Indian ocean to this arc?

Re:The data behind the search for MH370 by adekok on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @10:58AM (#14804746)
> Do you have the data, the calculation of this arc, and the review of this method or not

I don't, and neither do you. But appeals to ignorance are a well-known logical fallacy.

My point (which you missed), is that it is entirely reasonable to think that the search is difficult, with a small chance of success. You don't argue with my points, because you can't. They're all 100% true, and you know it.

Instead, you play the conspiracy thinking game of pushing false doubts into the narrative.

> Do you think its strange that all the debris has washed up on the opposite side of the Indian ocean to this arc?

i.e. you're entirely unaware as to how oceans work.

This is normal for oceans.

So you deny reality, and instead pretend to be skeptical by raising irrelevant details.

No, you're not smarter than everyone else. No, there is no conspiracy to hide the evidence.

Re:The data behind the search for MH370 by Splines on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @11:45AM (#14805122)
> Do you think its strange that all the debris has washed up on the opposite side of the Indian ocean to this arc?

Did you RTFA? There's a simulation near the end that sanity checks the crash arc with where the debris washed up on the east coast of Africa.

"Using the locations of confirmed debris, the Australian Government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the CSIRO, conducted drift modelling analysis to determine possible locations of the MH370 crash site. The results of this modelling were consistent with the search area."

Re:The data behind the search for MH370 by mikeash on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @10:40AM (#14804574)
The debris took a long time to appear. That fits perfectly well a scenario where the plane crashed on one side of the ocean and the debris washed up on the other side.