Originally Posted by
sooty655
Perhaps the Chinese heard through the search grapevine that Ocean Shield was picking up (and trying to verify) recorder pulses, but had not yet gone public. Maybe they decided to claim a first for their own public relations reasons.
But why would they then report a Position that is >300NM away from Ocean Shield's?
The almost synchronous finding by the Chinese is a really intriguing thing. Maybe they had a different yet secret way to determine a likely position which delivered results a bit off.
Anyway I still have a very hard time believing that their reported way of obtaining the Signal (handheld device from a RIB) was the real deal.
Too much noise around the surface, too much layers in the water below, too small sensor. And then only short hearing and no recording, read no proof. That doesn't add up.
The Ocean Shield finding on the other Hand sounds much more convincing.
Longer recordings, plausible Equipment for the Job.