How will they confirm anything with a fly past?
They have stabilised camera on the nose with a powerful lens that can image visible spectrum and thermal images.
Aust PM has gone out on a limb. He has also put Malaysian PM under some pressure
Not how I read the PM question Time and following press conference with SAR.
In fact I'de say he can't lose, the satellite image specialists see a target and military and civil SAR guys make the decision to have a look.
Civil and military guys appear on tv to be articulate and open, they will take the media flack and return it with interest.
PM says good luck and Godspeed as I hope we all do.
It is a good example of an agency getting its message out quickly and clearly so it can be propagated and dominate social media and the web, rather than in the absence of good info, let social media and the web make stuff up which gets propagated ad nauseam.
mickjoebill