I have seen this type of activity in other areas but with C130's..
It looks as though the search was started in an area 10 miles NE of the intersection of English Inshore waters and the track followed by vessels travelling between Roscoff, France and Rosslare, Ireland. The pattern then narrowed the search down to a single point where the A400 pinpointed the point and remained in the area. Did someone go over the side of a ferry or vessel, what was the tidal flow at the time of search (Up Channel?) Could an underwater object have been loitering in the area?.
An A400 is a rather large asset for this operation unless nothing else is available.
Questions, questions, questions,
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Last edited by Imagegear; 11th Jul 2020 at 14:46.