Does anyone else get the distinct impression, that after several days of the most intensive air and sea search effort since AF447, in which virtually nothing of real interest has been found - apart from pallets that could have come from anywhere, plus a few indistinct satellite pics that have failed to produce anything of value - that they're most definitely looking in the wrong area?
It's starting to appear obvious that the aircraft either went quite a bit further than estimated (lower fuel burn due to reduced power settings? - plus quite a few miles of glide after flameout?) - or it dropped into the ocean quite a bit earlier than the current search zone, and the current search zone needs to be re-assessed?
I'm also questioning, whether any large aircraft ever ditched without breaking up, and releasing at least some seating, luggage, freight items, composite structure materials that float, and give away the disaster zone?
Is the 777 that robust, that its tank-like build saw it penetrate the water at a little over stall speed, and at a low angle, that it just ploughed under, in virtually one piece?
I understand the engines would have sheared from their pylons on impact, but we have no previous ditching event specifically involving a 777 that we can refer to, to get any idea of what would happen, because there's never been a 777 lost in this way before.