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Old 2nd Jul 2009, 21:11
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SaturnV
 
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EGMA, from the French language version.

This is the plot of the first day of recovery of parts of the airplane and bodies, June 6.



Generally, the items are centered about 3.30'N and 30.30'W. The VS was recovered on June 7, and it and other items recovered on that date were retrieved a bit west and north of the items retrieved on June 6.

Previous attempts to post charts of the current and drift for this area in this forum have mostly been short-lived. However, the drift and current over this period of time would suggest that the items and bodies moved more east and north of their position on June 1, rather than moving to the west or south.

From June 9th onward, no bodies or items from the plane are recovered from the area south of the latitude of Tasil.

The Brazilian Air Force search grids prior to June 6 were generally along the track and east of the track. Perhaps if the search grid for June 2 had been done west of the track, rather than the eastward grid that was done, the wreckage and bodies may have been sighted sooner.

Last edited by SaturnV; 2nd Jul 2009 at 21:29. Reason: add info on subsequent days
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