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MH370 - 'Counting down the clock'

A Victor Ianello reply post to Brock, off the most recent JW blog, nails down the problems an intelligent, thinking man has with the 'big picture' conundrum when trying to join the dots with MH370...

VictorI
Posted June 10, 2016 at 8:40 AM

@Brock McEwen: I first entertained the spoof scenario when there was no debris found from the plane, and I later considered a plant when there was only one piece (the flaperon). And the behavior of officials concerning the flaperon was bizarre–conflicting leaks, obvious false statements from officials, concealed conclusions, questions about provenance, buoyancy, barnacles, etc. Months later came the extraordinary find of Mr. Blaine Gibson, who was even personally offended when I asked questions about the circumstances of the find and the condition of the part. (In my mind, these were basic questions that any investigator would be asking, especially if there was any chance that there was tampering. As a lawyer, he should have understood this.)

I am now swayed towards believing that the pilot had a plan to divert the plane to the SIO. I based this on many things, including Richard Godfrey’s drift analysis, the large number of recent debris finds, a review of FBI leaks regarding flight paths found on the simulator, Blaine Gibson’s demonstration that there is a high probability of finding debris at “hot spots”, Ed Baker’s perspective as a pilot, and flight path possibilities that satisfy the BTO/BFO data, albeit not with the same assumptions that led to the current search area.

I cannot completely dismiss the possibility of very clever fabrication and tampering of evidence, and I regularly communicate with people that believe this scenario is most likely. I just don’t think this is as simple as other possibilities. I am always willing to reconsider it if we are presented with new evidence or a new interpretation.

Part of the problem is that Malaysia has not made any official statements regarding any clues from its criminal investigation. Perhaps they uncovered evidence which incriminated the pilot or MAS, and for political and/or financial reasons, chose to keep the information sealed.

 
The last bit in bold goes back to what I believe is the major roadblock, that is the deliberately manufactured information & disinformation vacuums. In bureaucratic speak it is called obfuscation rule 101 - 'wind down the clock'.  

With a couple of minor exceptions, to date this strategy has worked particularly well and besides the loyal MH370 followers on social media, the MSM and 'Joe Public' are losing interest in droves. The only re-ignition of interest comes from the now constant stream of further inconvenient discoveries of MH370 debris.

I think the Malaysians now desperately want the SIO search to be completed (preferably yesterday), so they can complete their obligations and publish the JIT ICAO Annex 13 Final Report. So the delays like bad weather in the SIO and further debris discoveries that need analysis and hence more time, would be extremely vexing to the Malaysians. 

A couple of indicators to my theory (above). If the Malaysians/ATSB's intentions were to exhaust all resources to finding MH370 in the SIO then...

Why didn't the ATSB direct the search vessels to the North while bobbing up & down for nearly a month burning diesel in un-scannable seas? This would seem to directly conflict with the recent Dolan statement...#350

 "If we don't find it in that area then it's in an adjacent area that we will find the aircraft, it's just that the adjacent area is large," Mr Dolan said.  

How hard would it have been to steam up the arc to calmer seas and scan some areas that now come into the frame due to debris findings leading to better defined drift analysis?


Rewind to 24 March 2016: 

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Thursday that a coastal search needs to be conducted around South Africa and Mozambique for potential debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A piece of debris was found along the southern coast of South Africa on March 11, while another one was found off the coast of Mozambique this month.

"There is a need for us to search the South African coast to find more debris. Malaysia is sending a team there and we are currently awaiting approval from the South African authorities," said Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on Thursday.

"The coastal search will be by a Malaysian team and focused around South Africa and Mozambique."

Liow, however, said the location for underwater search need not be changed.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia...32752.html

So did this happen and if so is it still ongoing? If 'no' & 'no' then again the Malaysians are being deceptive and merely going through the motions -
MTF...P2