As a long time lurker i hope it is not too ghoulish to make my first post concerning what appears to be an awful tragedy.
However, having just watched the latest news conference I am mystified as to why they seem to have so many search areas in the Malacca Straits. It would seem more logical to extend the current search areas to the west and east of the bottom of Vietnam.
Is it normal practice to cover all bases or does this suggest they know something they have not announced ?
For tbe aircraft to have got to the Straits it would have to have flown over land - surely it would have been picked up on radar ? If it had turned around would it have not flown back on a reciprocal course as the pilot woukd figure there would be more chance of being found ?