I think one thing that may have been overlooked, is how far north of Banda Aceh the plane would have had to have flown to avoid Indonesian radar (they said they didnt track it)....So, if we concluded and calculated that the plane ended it's trip sometime not long after the partial handshake, it was in the air for a total flight time of somewhere around 7.38 to *unknown* extra minutes. Let's "speculate" that it was 8hrs. We "conclusively" know about 1:34 (initial flight and turn back), which takes us over Pualu Perek. What we dont know is how long the flight continued north so as to avoid turning over Indonesia. If we said "okay...30 minutes" and then turned south...that takes off 2:00, leaving remaining flight time of somewhere around 6 hours. Lets then "speculate" that the plane turned somewhere 300km past Indonesia, so as to avoid Indonesian radar. "If" the plane maintained a speed of 850kmh (only saying that as it seems a lower flight level=lower speed and it "may" have lowered its flight level according to the reports), then "unknown" travel (after disappearing!) would be somewhere near 5100km....Take off 300km (avoidance of Indonesian radar), then its 4800km. That would mean the crash zone could not be below Perth....Actually somewhere west of Geraldton would be closer.
I understand that this is all "speculation", but so is pretty much everything else at this point
