The picture of this slick is really intreaguing.
Attention, the following is just hypothetical:
If you would assume a flight path course of ~120° i.e. a 270° turn from the original route the part of the slick ranging from SW to NE could be the result of the impact. It has a larger spread than the part from SE to NW.
This second part opens up from SE to NW which could indicate Kerosene still spilling out from a source SE of the slick given the general drift direction being roughly South -> North
A left turn of 270° could be a theoretical way that the plane could be at 2:15 this close to the LKP.
And given that this was close to the reported sighting of other debris early on in the 1st Search Phase there might be a non- negligeable chance this slick might have something to do with AF447.
Admittedly this is a very hypothetical assumption but at least it can be made consistent
Last edited by henra; 14th Aug 2010 at 16:55.
Reason: Turn angle corrected