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Originally Posted by jyl
The biggest floating pieces of AF447 were much smaller than that. I think they were a piece of the tail and part of a gallery. Like 10 feet in size. I'm not positive, but anyway it does seem unlikely that three pieces of plane, so large, but light enough to float for days, would survive a crash.
Why the delay in Chinese release of the information? This was probably a Chinese military satellite, likely there were opposing views about revealing anything about their surveillance capabilities.
(It wouldn't shock me if US satellites and other intelligence gather information that they will not disclose for purposes that have no relevance to national security.)
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Heard lots of ideas about the Chinese delay that make sense. First, they thought the plane would be soon discovered so the didn't search the satellite photos. Second, when no plane was found, they looked but that is a time consuming process according to those who have done it for the CIA. Third, they may have wanted to make sure the objects were likely to be relevant before release to avoid more muddling of the search.
Finally, they may have had to "dumb down" the quality of the photos to prevent others from knowing the extent of their spying capabilities. All of this takes time.