Update on MH370 Search
"The search area will be confirmed before the end of June, after completion of extensive collaborative analysis by a range of specialists.
It is already clear from the provisional results of that analysis that the search zone will move, but still be on the seventh arc (where the aircraft last communicated with satellite)."
Duncan Steel, Tim Farrar, and associates hypothesize an area well to the SW:
Statement from an Independent MH370 Investigation Team | Duncan Steel
TMF Associates MSS blog » MH370: analysis of where to look?
"our best estimates of a location of the aircraft at 00:11UT (the last ping ring) cluster in the Indian Ocean near 36.02S, 88.57E. This location is consistent with an average groundspeed of approximately 470 kts and the wind conditions at the time. The exact location is dependent on specific assumptions as to the flight path before 18:38UT. "
"A report of the assumptions and approaches used to calculate the estimated location is being prepared and will be published to these web sites in the near future. "
A comment on Steel's blog conveniently plots the various search areas:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zniuw33asz...Comparison.pdf
If the JACC opts for INMARSAT's 28 S location, note that it is very close to their 400 kt curve on their first public release (pg. 4):
http://www.inmarsat.com/wp-content/u...pler-Study.pdf
Data possibly supplied by the US NTSB in March went even further SW (40 S or even 42 S):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/201...SEARCH20-G.jpg
Objects sighted may be linked to Flight MH370 - The Washington Post