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Although I am very suspect about the timing, it would seem that wonders will never cease, with the ATSB today releasing the 1st Principles review report... :

Media release
Title
MH370 First Principles Review and CSIRO reports
 
Date: 20 December 2016
Today the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released its report MH370 – First Principles Review and CSIRO’s supporting report The search for MH370 and ocean surface drift.
The First Principles Review report summarises the outcomes of a meeting conducted in November and attended by Australian and international experts in data processing, satellite communications, accident investigation, aircraft performance, flight operations, sonar data, acoustic data and oceanography.  
The purpose of the First Principles Review was to reassess and validate existing evidence and to consider any new analysis that may assist in identifying the location of MH370. The CSIRO report, which should be read in conjunction with the ATSB report, was commissioned by the ATSB earlier in 2016 and was considered by the experts attending the First Principles Review.
The experts confirmed their agreement that the analysis of the last two SATCOM transmissions, the likely housed position of the main flaps at impact, and results from the recent flight simulations indicate with high probability that the aircraft lies within 25 NM of the 7th arc that had been derived from analysis of the last satellite communications with the aircraft.
Given the high confidence in the search undertaken to date, the experts agreed that the previously defined indicative underwater area is unlikely to contain the missing aircraft between latitudes 36°S and 39.3°S along the 7th arc.
The experts also agreed that CSIRO’s debris drift modelling results present strong evidence that the aircraft is most likely to be located to the north of the current indicative underwater search area. When considered together with updated flight path modelling, the experts concluded that an unsearched area between latitudes 33°S and 36°S along the 7th arc of approximately 25,000 km², has the highest probability of containing the wreckage of the aircraft.
MH370 disappeared on 8 March 2014 with 239 people on board. Australia, Malaysia and People's Republic of China have been working together to find the aircraft since that time.
Given the international protocols for aircraft recovery scenarios such as this, Malaysia will continue to take the central role in the determination of any future course of action in the search for MH370.
This report has been provided to the three principle Governments involved in the search effort for their consideration.
 
Read reports: MH370 – First Principles Review [/url]and [url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-054/][i]The search for MH370 and ocean surface drift.[/i]

 


Last update 20 December 2016 

 
What next an urgent request for miniscule DDDD_MNFI to attend an impromptu Tripartite meeting in Beijing prior to Xmas, with the aim to get the immaculately manicured & coiffured (M&Ms) Department hand-puppet back in time for the MCG boxing day test...  
The reason I surmise this is because in the conclusion of the 1stPR report, amongst other things, it says:

4. The participants of the First Principles Review were in agreement on the need to search an additional area representing approximately 25,000 km² (the orange bordered area in Figure 14). Based on the analysis to date, completion of this area would exhaust all prospective areas for the presence of MH370.

 

Update: Miniscule 4D has now received his lines -  

Contrary to some media reports...

"..MH370 partners have decided to look into the depths of a final 25,000 square km sea floor search zone in south Indian Ocean.."

...it would seem that the miniscule's script did not include verification that search will go on, in fact 4D's lines were quite clear that the 1st Principle's findings are not regarded as new and 'credible evidence..that identifies the specific location of the aircraft..":

MH370 First Principles Review report

Media Release

DC241/2016

20 December 2016

 
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester today welcomed the release of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's (ATSB) report MH370—First Principles Review.

“The ATSB report is the result of the First Principles Review workshop in November which was attended by members of the Search Strategy Working Group and international experts,” Mr Chester said.

“The information in the ATSB report, however, does not give a specific location of the missing aircraft.

“We are very close to completing the 120,000 square kilometre underwater search area, and we remain hopeful that we will locate the aircraft.

“As agreed at the Tripartite Ministers meeting in Malaysia in July we will be suspending the search unless credible evidence is available that identifies the specific location of the aircraft.

“The search for MH370 has been the largest in aviation history and has tested the limits of technology, and the capacity of our experts and people at sea.

“Our thoughts remain with the families and loved ones of the 239 people on board,” Mr Chester said.

The report is available on the ATSB website: www.atsb.gov.au/mh370/

Okay job done, back to my afternoon of personal grooming appointments...


MTF...P2