Originally Posted by
Lemain
If no floating or washed-up debris is found in a year or so, we can be pretty sure the a/c came to rest on land. In that case, one day it will be found.
A while back I posted a link here to an accident where an Indian Air Force aircraft with 100 people on board crashed in the Himalayas, 30 km from the nearest town, and it took 35 years for someone to stumble upon the wreckage.
MH370 is _probably_ not in the Himalayas, but that "one day" may still be pretty far away.