The vessel is still working in the zone in which the SNA "Emeraude" is believed to have recorded very low level ULB pinger signals. The BEA have said that should debris not be located in this zone by 12 May, the search area will be extended. Should that occur, then the ducting theory will have been correct, but the path loss is such that the search zone would normally have taken that into account.
10 May 2010 22:40z Hdg 262.6 Spd 07.0 2°41'07"N 31°10'28"W
10 May 2010 20:54z Hdg 260.9 Spd 00.4 2°42'28"N 31°05'45"W
Weather is wind 090/5-10KT, swell 090/1.5m period 8/9 sec. with little change expected over next 3 days.
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