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I was surprised there wasn't a map! I'm not familiar with the current patterns of the Indian ocean, but Reunion seems like a strange place for MH370 wreckage t
by 3JPLW 11y ago
I was surprised there wasn't a map! I'm not familiar with the current patterns of the Indian ocean, but Reunion seems like a strange place for MH370 wreckage to end up given the projected paths from the pings. In this map, Reunion is just barely visible as the leftmost tiny white dot between the words "Indian Ocean" and Madagascar.
http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/532abdcaeab8ea0464d7c735-1200-/probability_map.jpg http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/532abdcaeab8ea0464d...
- mikeash 11y agoIt's had over a year to drift around from wherever the crash occurred.
- 3JPLW 11y agoYup, I was going by the prevailing winds and current arrow on the linked image. But if you superimpose the actual Indian ocean currents (as linked to by goodcanadian)[0], it does make quite a bit of sense. 0. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Indian_Ocean_Gyre.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Indian_O...
- Klinky 11y agoI combined the images and marked Reunion on the map if anyone is interested. Not a cartographer, so might be slightly off. http://i.imgur.com/o9qhMyo.png http://i.imgur.com/o9qhMyo.png
- b_emery 11y agoHere's a really cool site that simulates the drift of plastics in the ocean: http://adrift.org.au http://adrift.org.au When I pick points in the eastern indian ocean, they all end up hitting africa!