[GWN7]

While I'm not sure how fast the ocean currents are down there, I have read that some reach 75 miles a day. So the plane went down roughly 30 days ago. 30 X 75 = 2250 miles. It's the start of the winter season down there and I'm sure that some storms have happened. Very light materials could get blown a lot further distance than that. So if the area of the debris was as long as it could be wide 2250 X 2250 miles that is a huge area to spot a 2' X 2' seat cushion floating in. There is also floating patches of debris in each ocean that traps more junk every day. The one in the Pacific ocean is reported to be the size of Texas.