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Originally Posted by gordner
The oil slick was determined to not have originated from the aircraft, so at this time still no sign as I understand it.
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As far as location, the area in question is not an area that has systems that allow controllers to hard "paint"an aircraft, in areas such as this the "radar" system is really not a radar, it is the aircraft reporting her position to ATC, not ATC discerning her position by actual radar. So a significant transponder or nav system issue could have the aircraft reporting a gross postion error and everyone looking in the wrong area.
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I'm thinking this is the most reasonable explanation, given what we "know" so far, at least as to why the plane is still missing. Evidence indicates the plane making a turn, but how long it flew in that new direction ended at 2:41 a.m. If the plane continued on after disappearing, it may be in the Adaman Sea or even on the Malay peninsula somewhere. Still, it's anyone's guess as to why there was not voice communications during this whole time.