"trader_4" wrote in message
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The crazy thing here is that if the ocean is chock full of garbage,
they can't even find that. For about a week now it's been a satellite
or plane spots some big object, but later when someone finally gets
there or the plane returns, they can't find it again. I haven't heard
about them finding a single thing in the search area that they thought
could have been from the plane, but isn't. It's just that they can't
find anything and poor weather isn't helping.

The original search area was equal to the size of the US. Now it's only 3
times the size of France. People just don't realize the incredible amount
of area that has to be searched, often just by bored people with binoculars
looking through the glare of an airplane cabin window. A lot of the
surrounding detritus that marks the typical ocean crash site was dispersed
by winds and waves for almost a week before they got the area right.

This wreckage might not ever get found because there's so much unrelated
junk in the water and because the Indian Ocean is so remote. The planes
spend most of their time and fuel getting to the search area and then have
to turn back after a few hours.

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Bobby G.