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Originally Posted by jyl
Nothing found at location shown in Chinese satellite images
Vietnam search fruitless at site where China satellite detected suspected plane debris: Witness
A search by two Vietnamese aircraft responding to information provided by a Chinese satellite has failed to locate objects suspected of being wreckage from a missing Malaysian airliner, a Reuters journalist on board a search plane said on Thursday.
Aircraft repeatedly circled the area over the South China Sea but were unable to detect any objects, said the journalist, who flew aboard a Antonov 26 cargo plane for three hours.
Vietnamese and Malaysian planes were scanning waters where a Chinese government agency website said a satellite had photographed three "suspicious floating objects" on Sunday.
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Though I doubted the debris in the satellite photo was from the plane, it doesn't surprise me it hasn't been sighted yet. Remember, the photo was taken Sunday (local time) but was release five days later.
That's plenty of time for the objects to sink. The next step would be to use underwater technology to try and find such large objects in the area last recorded by the imagery.