Originally Posted by JD-EE
If that is the case we might even be able to infer something modest about the current distribution as the plane sank.
I think that is mainly what is to be learned. (I'd love to be wrong about that.) It would be interesting to rework the current data provided by
Hyperveloce way back here:
http://www.pprune.org/5693490-post1035.html
I meant to look at that a few nights ago but could not find the data. By coincidence, following a link to
swordfish41's comments about the Ark Royal lead me right to that discussion of currents.