[Peetwo]

#MH370: Bailey continues to flog that horse?? 


Via the Oz:

Another $10m can help finish search for MH370



Australia has always been regarded as a trustworthy country that could be relied upon to help its neighbours.

This belief is under question now with Australia turning its back on the pleas of the families of the MH370 deceased .

China is our most important neighbour. There were 153 Chinese nationals on board the MH370, representing almost two-thirds of those lost. The MH370 China families are in regular contact with me, requesting I keep up the persistent demand that the search for MH370 be restarted.

It is hard to imagine the awful feeling of emptiness that comes from not knowing the fate of your loved ones.

It is time to put political correctness aside and do the right thing by restarting the search.

I chide Boeing for being so disinterested in the fate of their flagship product, the magnificent Boeing 777, and I question why the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) act like this incredibly important question about airline safety is not worthy of their attention.

I was on China Global News TV several years ago requesting the Chinese government to take up the search.

But the southern Indian Ocean is in our backyard and we should do the right thing.

It is practically a lay-down misere that the captain hijacked his own aircraft and that he ditched it, as planned, past latitude 38 S in the southern Indian Ocean.

The famous 7th arc confirms MH370 was on a southerly heading and the ATSB did search as far as 42 nautical miles along that assumed track but as captain Simon Hardy and I have both pointed out by flying the B777 end-of-flight scenario in B777 simulators, the maximum distance glided was 88 nautical miles.

Allowing however for the lowering of the flap and the turn into wind for the ditching, 70 nautical miles past the 7th arc would be most promising.

This small area, centred on latitude S39.10.0 longitude E 88.18.0, could be searched in its entirety in less than a week for less than $10 million.

MH370 must be found.

MTF...P2