Originally Posted by
DX Wombat
All that is known is that nothing has been said publicly and the only people who need to know are those charged with conducting the search.
Bingo. There's sure to be a lot of information being correlated around the world to try to work out where the aircraft is, and there's no need or benefit to putting all that out publicly; just look at the reaction to every new debris report, and then imagine reporting perhaps dozens or hundreds of uncertain radar traces or other possible sightings that are unlikely to be correct, and may well contradict each other.
If nothing else, it would be unfair on the families to raise hopes and dash them when a report turns out to be false.