With the ATSB search ongoing, with their highest priority zones done, with the equipment apparently suitable and sufficiently capable and gathering data of the expected quality, and up to now, with no hint of anything found, only one conclusion can be drawn.
The ATSB are looking in the wrong place.
The arc must be wrong.
What we have is a waste of over a year and heading for $100 million, for what ?
QUESTION:-
Why have the ATSB never validated the arcs (all of them) at sea ?
It is easy to do, relatively cheap, and would only entail the use of Ocean Shield for a few weeks.
The ATSB are looking in the wrong place.
The arc must be wrong.
What we have is a waste of over a year and heading for $100 million, for what ?
QUESTION:-
Why have the ATSB never validated the arcs (all of them) at sea ?
It is easy to do, relatively cheap, and would only entail the use of Ocean Shield for a few weeks.