On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:10:04 -0400, wrote:

If you can believe the current projections the horn of Africa is in
that circle and they are not strangers to the idea of ransom. The
original diversion seemed to point right at Mogadishu before the
erratic maneuvers began.

At this point I think the bottom of the Indian ocean is probably the
best place to look but it is a big ocean.

"...Diego Garcia is a narrow tropical jungle reef in the Indian Ocean,
about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast."

We have Navy and Air Forces resources there. I'd guess searches are
being done now?

"The P-3C Orion is a land-based, long range anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) patrol aircraft. The P-3C provides effective undersea warfare,
anti-surface warfare, and Command, Control, Communications, Computers,
and Intelligence..."

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/diego-garcia.htm