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Old 20th Mar 2014, 02:10
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Great map. Just had one query. Bearing in mind the Indonesian denial that MH370 crossed their airspace:

But according to the Wall Street Journal yesterday, Indonesia said its two radar stations in the Aceh province, nearest to where Malaysia lost sight of the Boeing 777-200ER carrying 239 people in the Straits of Malacca, found no indication of the aircraft.
“Malaysia said their radar detected [an object] near Pulau Perak, and then it disappeared.
“Had the plane entered Indonesian territory, the two radars must have detected it,” First Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto of the Indonesian air force told the WSJ.
Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has asserted that the military radar placed in Sabang, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam -- Indonesia's westernmost point -- did not detect missing flight MH370 or any other foreign aircraft crossing Indonesian airspace.“I have received a report about it. The air defense radar system in Sabang is very sophisticated and it did not detect any aircraft,” he said in Jakarta on Wednesday, as quoted by Antara news agency.
The minister said the military radar owned by the Defense Ministry was more sensitive than civilian radars so that there was no reason to doubt its accuracy.
MH370 not detected by Indonesian military radar: Defense minister | The Jakarta Post

Does that infer that more turns were made before hitting 'open water'? Or do you think that the current path is far enough away from Indonesian primary radar capabilities (whatever they are)?
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