The last Ping
Please correct me if I am wrong. I make the 40 degree LOP arc a 2622 nm ground length (curved or great circle) radius on the earth’s surface, centred on the INMARSAT IOR satellite ‘pole’ at 0.0N 64.5E. i.e. 40 degrees latitude on an earth axis from earth’s centre to the satellite. I assume the satellite is over the equator because they claim equal coverage, North and South.
Approx 1680nm of the Northern LOP arc, most of it, is inside China.
I don’t want to play ‘Pin the tail on the Donkey’ with the rest of the guessing here. But on statistical (and political?) probability MH370 is in China. By the way, it’s been posted here before, are the Chinese investigating the cell operator logs about reports that pax telephones rang when relatives called them after the A/C was overdue?
Don’t hold your breath waiting for news reports.