Originally Posted by
petervee
Before too much time passes, the best way to find MH370 (if it hasn't crashed) is to take advantage of passengers' cellphones...
I agree, and I'm surprised no cellphone pips have shown up anywhere. I know that passengers are required to have their phones in "airplane mode", but I also know that you never get 100% compliance with that. So it would be reasonable to assume that at least some GSM phones would have been switched on, either in passengers' pockets or bags. I know I have left my phone on between SIN and FRA (by mistake) and have received "Welcome to xxxx" messages from one or two countries along the flight path.
That said, GSM jammers are quite cheap and easy to come by in parts of Asia...