The South-West corner of the proposed Phase 3 search area lies just to the North of the original back-tracked position calculated in my earlier posting to the AF447 thread -
http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/37643...ml#post5170393
In fact if you look at the US Navy and US Coast Guards computer modeled calculations from the Phase 2 search, the focus of the latest search has moved much further to the West. Personally, I feel that the wreckage will be located in the South-West of the latest search area, and that all the power of current modeling programs may yet come to 'nowt'. There is also the unexplained find of debris near the Last Known Position, that if it has broken free from wreckage on the bottom, could lead to the wreckage being located a little further to the South than anticipated.
A revised graphic including the South-West boundary of the Phase 3 search area follows:-
I am now feeling confident that FDR/CVR will be found once major portions of the wreckage have been located.
mm43