Originally Posted by
oleostrut
"Given the 33 km^2 area, if we assume a circle, the body was actually found no more than 3.24 km away from the main crash site."
Reports on finding the toddler were very clear she was found a great distance from the crash site. Greater than 21 miles was what was reported, and investigators needed to greatly expand their search area, especially along the earlier flightpath.
Nowhere in any of the reports was there any ambiguity as to the child being found distant from the crash site.
I think if the body was found over 3km away, information from the ground might still have been relayed as it being a "great distance" away. Also if the body was clearly further away than other debris, that might still be of special meaning to the investigation. But it being found over 21 miles away seems implausible under any scenario I can think of.