Searchers dispute company's claim that it may have found MH370 aircraft wreckage

CNN ^ | 04/30/2014 | By Miguel Marquez, David Molko and Holly Yan

[SeekAndFind]

A private company declared that it has found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the ocean, but leaders of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are dismissing the claim.

The reasons for the skepticism are obvious -- the site where GeoResonance says it found the wreckage, in the Bay of Bengal, is several thousand miles away from the current search area in the southern Indian Ocean.

The Joint Agency Coordination Centre, which is coordinating the multinational search, dismissed the claim.

"The Australian-led search is relying on information from satellite and other data to determine the missing aircraft's location," the JACC said.

"The location specified by the GeoResonance report is not within the search arc derived from this data. The joint international team is satisfied that the final resting place of the missing aircraft is in the southerly portion of the search arc."

Malaysian acting Transportation Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia "is working with its international partners to assess the credibility of this information."

[WayneS]

Maybe it’s Amelia Earhart’s plan...

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

[DannyTN]

You found our ship at the bottom of the ocean. Leave it alone. We'll be back to get the survivors in a few decades.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Ted Grant]

How could you dispute their claim that they “may” have found something?

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, it’s akin to a winemaker that puts “Established” on one side of the top of the label and “since (year)” on the other, can’t argue with that.