Originally Posted by
Lazerdog
Hoegh St. Petersburg should have been in the area for a while now and no news from them.
I imagine she was directed there to go to anything the aircraft found. For her to spot anything herself would be most unlikely. From a ship, spotting something awash in the water, not a 24 m item, such as a seat cushion or small debris more than 200 metres from the ship would be very lucky indeed.
If a aircraft spotted something they would drop a sonobuoy to mark on top and then direct the ship to the spot while remaining on top until either relieved by the ship or another aircraft.
And Balaton, some of us are trying to fill gaps or correct media comment while trying to avoid feeding parrots and trolls.