The silence from the search is deafening.
The body of the aircraft and the tail fin must have landed in the sea reasonably close together. The aircraft could not have been controllable without it attached.
Given that the farthest separation of the two would occur if the tail fin detached at altitude, and an aircraft then struggling for control wouldn't proceed more than 50 miles, the body of the aircraft should lie within a 50 nm radius of where the tail fin was originally found (with drift for current resolved).
This area cant be too great for a detailed search with modern equipment.
Last edited by jungle drums; 22nd Jul 2009 at 19:15.