slats11
Back in August 2009, I had a look for available wind data over the first 6 days of June, and put together a small montage showing the Quikscat satellite 10m data. Its reproduced again below.
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takata, I came up with some different scenarios as to where the aircraft could have gone and why. Some were based on researching available current and wind data, and they placed the aircraft to the west of LKP. Others used LOC stall and spin scenarios and placed the aircraft relatively close (20NM) to LKP and to the east, but the current setting to the NW was not verifiable, though it was the seasonal direction published in some authortive texts. However, I've since learned how fickle the surface currents are in this area, and any of the positions I developed could be correct.
The one 20NM to the ENE of LKP (3°05'N 30°18'W) has not been covered by side-scan searching.
mm43