Derivation of AMSA search area?
First off, thanks for your excellent post (#6078) @suninmyeyes. Long on facts, short on fantasy...just the way it should be.
My question to the board: the AMSA search area is now but 3% of the total 'southern arc' search area. I gather that this is due to the the focus on the route scenarios provided by the NTSB. Anyone know how these were derived? Simple 180° header south from the Bay of Bengal x fuel? Computer modelling of various sets of satellite ping arc data? Anyone know?
Last edited by Northern Hawk; 19th Mar 2014 at 11:11.