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Old 9th May 2011, 10:27
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swordfish41
 
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jcjeant.
in the graphic of the crash and search phase areas that you posted, there is a seperate box to the south of the hemisphere that was intended to be covered in phase three. The square was searched because Thales reprocessed a sonar search carried out by the French Nuclear sub L'Emeraude, and believed that they could discern amongst the noise, signals from the pingers on the voice and data recorders. Because of this the methodical survey of the phase three area was interupted, and never completed. If it had been, the wreck would have been located. I understand that there was some disagreement amongst the search teams at the time about the wisdom of this diversion, but they were overruled.
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