They only see the impression of the object in the sand now because some billionaire snagged it and is hoarding it in his lair.
May be the first or second time ever I’m seeing this:
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Apparently this message used to be common when GDPR first came into force.
Also, I love that the response code is 451. It’s meant to replace a generic “404” for content unavailable specifically due to legal reasons. And of course 451 is referring to Ray Bradbury’s book of the same name.
If only it was this easy go find MH370. (And by easy I mean happening to look at apple maps sat images and find an anomaly.)
I think MH370 may be found some day, but our underwater autonomous drone game will have to move up a generation or two.
Comparing MH370 to Earhart’s plane is like comparing a muzzle loaded black powder canon to a GAU-8, two things that are technically in the same class but are on opposite ends of technological advancements. Earhart’s plane was a prop plane that at worst would’ve been reduced to mangled scrap metal, MH370 on the otherhand was a passanger jet that at best would e been reduced to mangled scrap metal at worst it would’ve been effectively disintegrated with only the most durable elements holding up.
I doubt we will find anything more substantial than a flap or maybe a reinforced section of MH370, maybe a bag or suitcase on the smaller end. The only exception would be if it ran until put of fuel then glided until impact with the ocean or land, but even then it’d probably be pretty badly damaged and hard to identify.
Passenger planes are mostly aluminium. It’s not likely to “disintegrate” all that much anytime soon. Also, a bunch of MH370 already washed up on the shores of Africa.
When I say disintegrated I meant it in more of as it’s root, not atomized but reduced to a basic level from its whole. Bits and pieces washing up in Africa is about what I’d expect but I doubt theres much more that a couple shredded chunks of the main body. Aluminum can break down pretty thoroughly under the right forces, speed and surface tension would be more than enough IMO.
Remember we’re still finding WW2 era ships that we know roughly where they were when they sank and those are massive behemoths an aluminum scrap heap would be easily missed in comparison.
