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Old 15th Jan 2015, 02:12
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Debris Field Map

We need a detailed large scale Debris Field Map/Chart, with accurate coordinates.

There has been plenty of time for the Navy to publish an accurate and up to date one.

I can not find one.

Does anyone have one, or a link to one, other than the basic one posted a few days ago ?

With regard to the airframe itself, it seems very odd that all that seems to have been located so far is the tail, cvr, fdr, and the central part of the wing/fuselage. So far as I can gather, three of the traditional four corners are still missing, the nose, and both wing tips. What about the main engines and pylons ?

The reports that the cvr and frd were found with "the wing" is odd.

The ths looks like a wing to most people, especially to a navy diver in the murky depths, or perhaps it is a language translation issue, perhaps even a "jounalist" issue.

It seems likely that they were with the missing sector of the pressure bulkhead, since they were attached to the structure right next to it. Did that part, remain with the bottom of the fuselage as it fracured longitudinally, and subsequently folded under the remnants of the rear fuselage and wing as it sank and settled on the bottom (in which case the "under the wing" may make sense and be correct), or did that section separate and go with the ths, apu and the remainder of the bottom of the rear part of the empenage ?
So, have they found the ths and/or apu or not ?
Can anyone clear that up ?

Next point.

An engine has been mentioned, but which engine, and where is it ?
Was it the apu ?
Was it a main engine ?
If so, where is the other main engine ?

Why have they apparently wound back the search as reported ?

Are they assuming that the recoders will tell all, so no further recovery is required ?
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