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Old 20th May 2010 | 14:14
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GarageYears
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Uh-oh! Now there's a thought. What if the debris got buried...so do I understand this right? The side-scan sonar being used now, effectively builds a picture of the ocean floor. So a mudslide could conceivably hide enough of the wreckage to make it unrecognizable? Does that sound feasible?

Assuming so, are there other techniques that could be used to search? First thought to pop into my mind - magnetic anomaly detection (MAD). If there enough metallic content to make this a feasible proposition?

- GY
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