Xeptu says
Makay the oil rig observer, remember him.
Went to a lot of trouble to get his message out more than once, he gave a detailed observation, he is trained in the use of life rafts and signalling equipment, he knows what a flare looks like.
He saw something significant falling from the sky. His observation was not in any search area at the time, any possible debris field is moving away from the search areas.
I can't imagine what he will be feeling when his tour is over and he gets back to the mainland to discover the world thinks, "he couldn't have or he made the whole thing up"
Makay mapped out his GPS location for us
(as seen here
Oil rig worker saw Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 go down: report - National | Globalnews.ca )
Go ahead, you remind us how it is possible he saw the crash from his location - but remember, physics still exist in this, the real world, despite their inconvenience for you in this calculation
Makay likely did see something. What that was, who the heck knows - it sure as heck wasnt the plane though. That we know because A) Physics B) the plane went the other way anyway(!!!)
...so my question to you becomes, despite it being physically impossible for him to see the plane, are we to just make believe the plane is there as to not hurt his feelings when he returns from the rig?