Flaperon washes up on Reunion Island

[jcjeant]

Hi,

What is actually the reason that the large search effort that has taken place in the last several months has been concentrating on the area south of the "Broken Ridge"?
(Sorry if this has been answered before, but I must have missed this bit of information somehow)

It's because the Inmarsat bible (the pings received by their satellite)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Further information: Analysis of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 satellite communications
In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 passengers and crew en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. After turning away from its planned path and disappearing from radar coverage, the aircraft's satellite data unit remained in contact with Inmarsat's ground station in Perth via the IOR satellite. The aircraft used Inmarsat's Classic Aero service, which does not provide explicit information about the aircraft's location. Analysis of these communications by Inmarsat and independently by other agencies determined that the aircraft flew into the southern Indian Ocean and was used to guide the search for the aircraft.