The Andaman Island question:
Trying to figure out why the Malaysian lady and her "sighting" from an aircraft (up high) near the Andaman Islands, as reported in a link further up, is being discounted. (There may be a lot of good reasons to do so).
Is the estimated position of her reported sighting too far from the north arc?
Her reported time of seing something is six to seven hours form the last "ping" that the Inmarsat folks have reported as registering on their satellite.
If the assumptions of last speed, or last altitude, or both are wrong ... is the locale where she thinks she saw it close enough to that arc/estimation to be worthy of investigating?
I am looking at maps, thinking about times, and that if the aircraft descended, and/or slowed down, for some reason, the furthest on circle shrinks a bit, and the fuel would run out sooner.