The Chinese images are 6-12 hours supposedly after the airplane was believed to have gone down. I can’t believe we are seeing a crashed, compromised 777 airframe still floating on the ocean surface that long after hitting the water here. Under perfect ditching conditions you could expect it to float for a few hours and that’s with minimal damage to the structure such as engines sheering off.
I don’t doubt these images are less than the best the Chinese can produce, just makes sense. I don’t know that they have cracker jack proof above them but they may just be offering them in the spirit of cooperation. A few more pixels down and you’ve still got a “something” floating in the water which doesn’t look like it should be there.
I may be all wet, but.
Considering what we saw with that Asiana crash last year, I'm not that surprised. Amazing it can hold up.