Whacked?
Hey ther Bert.
Sure you agree that for example DRC is pretty big with a lot of jungle to cover all remains should it have crashed there. You are right though. No reports for natives selling hoards of aluminium, yet. Still DRC is Suprisingly sparesly populated in some areas.
I run several scenarios with both -9 / -15 engines and 50k and 55k lbs fuel on board with Jepp flightstar. I did the same with half tanks. Interesting results for possible destinations. There are a lot of places and ways to hide an aircraft from visual observations from satellites. Using infrared imagery or SLAR would make it easier to find the threeholer but would require a recce flight. Africa is pretty big to do that.
Cheers
JJ