Commercialization of MH370 search efforts

[sana8410]

That is actually a very good theory. Seems like people are getting more and more suspicious of China. But I think that suspicion is justified as China as a nation has never been known to be a philanthropic country.
All of its actions seems to have a motive behind it. Like how it played the conflict between US and Russia to make profit from lower natural gas prices from Russia.
Just look at how China continually pollute the environment and resist all attempts by other nations to get it to care more about their impact on the environment. One really cannot say that they care much for the welfare their citizens at all!

The Malaysian government hasn't taken their obligation too seriously till now. They've come under fire from everyone, including China. Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia can't afford to carry on the search anyway.

[Paya]

Do they even know where to search? Last thing I've heard is that 'southern arc' theory has serious flaws and that those underwater pings might have been originated thousands of km away from where they were detected, most likely having nothing to do with the black box. I'd say it's a lost cause and, unfortunately, just a waste of money at this point.

[Lethn]

There's caring about the environment and then there's national sovereignty I actually did a bit of reading about this in China's case and their reasoning was that it would violate their sovereignty on a number of cases so what was going on was the western powers using environmentalism as a way to worm their way into their territory which is actually pretty understandable in this case. I do agree with you on the pollution thing though, it's something China needs to fix, but they are extremely protective of their sovereign rights. They won't even ever extradite a Chinese national which is more than most can say over here in the UK where they basically hand over everybody to the U.S any time they ask for it.

[Harley997]

About the Australian involvement issue:

Indeed. Considering that Australia has no direct stake in the issue of flight MH370, they have been very generous with the help provided so far. And so has all the other countries involved in the search.

I was curious about who would pay for the private contractor and I came across this:

"The three countries leading the operation to find the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) aircraft are planning to hire a private contractor to oversee an advanced underwater search involving detailed mapping of the ocean floor, but have yet to agree on who will foot the A$60 million (S$70 million) bill.

The transport ministers of Australia, Malaysia and China met in Canberra yesterday to discuss the next phase of the search in the Indian Ocean following the failure to find MH370 in an initial underwater operation."

http://www.asianewsnet.net/MH370-Private...59994.html

By right, it should be the Chinese and Malaysian government. However, if the Australian government were to chip in too, no doubt it will be seen as a gesture of goodwill that will one day be repaid back generously.

The sea in which they are searching is quite sensitive. That water connects Australia, gateway to the south china sea as well as gateway to indian ocean. Strategic location.
Someone previously talked about profit. I guess this search may bring profit to private agents but any of those government. Through the history I would not believe if China pay that much attention to their missing citizens. In comparison with a very recent move in continental China, the government passed a law to forbid dead burying and many elders committed suicide to be buried as their ancestors. Not surprisingly, a local officer spoke something like China is huge and it is normal that people die everyday. Since when citizens' lives are taken into account in policy making?
The only assumption I may have is the spying. This search may be just a disguise for spying activities. Some wanna do it, some have to join to watch and control others....

The ocean that is the location of the search is not very well traveled. This is why it is so difficult to have any idea as to where the plane is as there were no ships in the area to have potentially noticed a plane crashing within several miles of it.

[blumangroup]

Do they even know where to search? Last thing I've heard is that 'southern arc' theory has serious flaws and that those underwater pings might have been originated thousands of km away from where they were detected, most likely having nothing to do with the black box. I'd say it's a lost cause and, unfortunately, just a waste of money at this point.

They have a general idea where to search, but it is really nothing more then an educated guess.