@Nihonmama and @Matty First post here. I agree that there may be political influence on the search. Considering how China is rattling its sabre around South China Sea (building bases on disputed ...
I recently tweeted out a final version of the above report: https://twitter.com/Brock_McEwen/status/603031217261260801 Post-publication test #1: I extended model to 16 minutes (from 13) to verify...
@Richard: thanks - final draft will clarify that, technically, my conclusions apply only to a specific subset of the "status quo theory": - roughly an 18:28-18:40 FMT, - limited path circuity, - ...
I don’t think the new search area of 120000sq.km. is based on any new or complex analysis of the data. The original June 2014 ATSB analysis stated the “priority area” area to be 50nm in wid...
Nihonmama - For the cost of sending a few ships down to the search area the Chinese govt can project the nonsense that they actually care about their people. All they really care about is social ...
@Matty: "Domestically it’s PR gold for the Chinese govt." So would that PR play be a remediation effort? Because let's recall how China has treated the Chinese next of kin: Nihonmama Posted Oct...
Nihonmama - As a political nerd based here who reads every utterance daily I'm pretty sure that the Australians and Malaysians were ready to drop it, China had other ideas, Malaysians got their c...
@Matty: Re: "That’s a can of worms and the search is now nakedly politically driven (China). Was it always?" I'm curious: in a discussion of the political dimensions here (and there are many), ...
@Matty: I'm just your friendly neighbourhood auditor. The April decision - like so many before it - is not supported by the actual data. Why this is so - and who is to blame - are matters for pro...
I'd like to see an informed analysis of the likelihood that MH370 would be found if it was within the area searched. Brock seems to assume that there is a 0% chance of the debris being overlooked...