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Old 21st Jun 2009, 13:42
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Nice work putting together the graphics. In your analysis you discounted the effects of wind condition on the drift of the bodies. I think this is a miscalculation. While wind conditions won't affect flat objects in the sea, like it would a floating galley for example, the wind does influence the wave action. Wave action, in addition to current, would determine direction and distance of floating objects. Thus, your conclusion of probable crash site can't really by determined from the floating bodies position at time of recovery. Theoretically, a computer program might be able to calculate float direction and speed from many samples of wind direction/force and current condition over 5 days. Often the wind direction is opposite of current, creating different wave forces then when wind and current are in the same direction. It's too complicated a model to figure out without the help of supercomputers.
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