The hull is made of metal, attached to a metal frame, even in bits the size of what was left of the MH17 fuselage, most of it is not going to float. There is no way to ditch on the open ocean and stay intact, especially not in the roaring 40's, during a storm. A few panels might have detached, depending on how much force was applied to the hull, and where it was when it broke up, in the air, or hitting the water. Such panels broken or intact might yet wash up. The bit of similar material that washed up in WA back in 2014, had help with some more buoyant attachments. If that was from MH370, it was an internal bit possibly from one of the galleys. ATSB and the federal police vanished it never to be seen again.
No internal window panels, or ceiling panels have washed up yet, only part of one seat has turned up, those head rest frames are pretty distinctive. The overhead bins, when eventually emptied of contents might also detach from their frames, they all are buoyant. If the floor panels stayed attached to their frame, they are not likely to float, same with the walls. All those yellow pipes running the length of the plane would break up and float, we have a sighting of a similar pipe back on 24th March 2014. There was a lot of yellow pipe, along with all sorts of other piping. I have no idea how tough it is, it has probably been broken up by now. The smaller piping is not distinctive enough to be recognized.
If the debris all eventually ended up going west, there is a nice long coast to catch what gets past the islands, why has it not washed up yet? There was plenty of stuff seen going east, north east and even south east, both in the sat images, and the aerial sightings. China spent a fair bit of time fishing directly east. No one followed up on what might have gone east and not been turned north, or might have gone south, or might never have left the search area. The searchers abandoned the area, once they analyzed all those photos they took, and all the more detailed info from military planes involved in the search. They did not reveal most of the sightings, never released the photos of the debris which they do have. They covered up what they found, and a convenient distraction turned up, to turn attention further north.
P7 - Nicely done Aussie 500; good to hear from you – here; have a choc frog.
No internal window panels, or ceiling panels have washed up yet, only part of one seat has turned up, those head rest frames are pretty distinctive. The overhead bins, when eventually emptied of contents might also detach from their frames, they all are buoyant. If the floor panels stayed attached to their frame, they are not likely to float, same with the walls. All those yellow pipes running the length of the plane would break up and float, we have a sighting of a similar pipe back on 24th March 2014. There was a lot of yellow pipe, along with all sorts of other piping. I have no idea how tough it is, it has probably been broken up by now. The smaller piping is not distinctive enough to be recognized.
If the debris all eventually ended up going west, there is a nice long coast to catch what gets past the islands, why has it not washed up yet? There was plenty of stuff seen going east, north east and even south east, both in the sat images, and the aerial sightings. China spent a fair bit of time fishing directly east. No one followed up on what might have gone east and not been turned north, or might have gone south, or might never have left the search area. The searchers abandoned the area, once they analyzed all those photos they took, and all the more detailed info from military planes involved in the search. They did not reveal most of the sightings, never released the photos of the debris which they do have. They covered up what they found, and a convenient distraction turned up, to turn attention further north.
P7 - Nicely done Aussie 500; good to hear from you – here; have a choc frog.