The latest
official report from BEA was posted three days ago on 22 April. It stated simply the search area covered by Phase Three tows by Anne Candies and Seabed Worker, and offered a follow-on report on May 2. A news report claimed both ships would be returning to Recife for stores.
On that same day, according to third party satellite position reports (per broadreach and mm43 from Lloyds), the search vessels stopped "mowing the lawn" and both worked their way southwestward to a point a few kilometers from mm43's VS-drift calculated point of entry (see post #738). By the afternooon of April 24, both search vessels seemed to be holding station close by each other.
Absent a briefing from BEA, we can but second-guess the activity aboard both vessels: if they are still on station by end of the weekend, we can hope they are characterizing a target of interest. If they are heading to Reciefe, then it's perhaps onward to a Phase Four.
Eagerly awaiting position updates, hoping like grizzled for the best of luck, and still wishing for a live feed from the control room... Without black boxes and other structural evidence, this is an extraordinarialy difficult investigation with too many unknowns and finger-pointing what-ifs.
GB