Prof. Chari Pattiaratchi
“Those latitudes should be searched about 70 nautical miles wide on either side of the 7th arc. The search should include the centerline area searched in the ATSB search, but not yet by Ocean Infinity with its improved technological capacity.
“The underwater topography at the foot of Broken Ridge is rough, with many trenches, where debris could have been missed. MH 370 has too many theories and not enough evidence.
“However based on science, we know more than we did seven years ago. MH370 crashed somewhere in the Southern Indian Ocean, which is a very big place. The Tanzania wing flap was examined and determined to have been retracted not deployed, demonstrating it was not a controlled ditching.
“Shattered debris from the main cabin and other parts of the plane proves that it is not intact underwater. People who claim to know everything about what happened to MH370 do not. We know something about the what and the where MH370 crashed, but we do not yet know the who how, and why.
“We must locate the crash site and examine the main wreckage and black boxes to answer those questions and find as much of the truth as we can. Meanwhile, there are some steps that should be taken to help find the truth.
“Malaysia should examine and investigate the debris (above) recovered recently in Jeffreys Bay South Africa, and the baseplate of the vortex generator from Madagascar, as both may shed light on how the plane impacted the water.
“Malaysia should also investigate and analyze the possible personal effects recovered in Madagascar and publish the results. Malaysia should release the full simulator data, (of the Captain’s computer) and most important release the raw military radar data so it can be analyzed.
“I don’t want history to record my contribution to MH370 as having found, collected from local people, and handed in half of the recovered pieces of the plane. I want it to be that the debris that I and other private citizens found helped locate the crash site of MH 370 and find the truth.”
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