p51guy said...
Would it have mattered? After all of these days of searching, three hours is meaningless.
But can you imagine if AF447 had pulled a 'Sully' and landed/ditched reasonably intact, and there were actually survivors in the water?
Every moment of delay at that point could have mattered. 6 hours to launch a SAR plane from Brest, France to backtrack the route (another 9-ish hour flight), and then arrive at TASIL at midnight the next day.....