The newest 'sane' paper on aspects of the MH370 mystery also underlines less than full disclosure of vital information by Malaysian authorities

MH370 independent researcher has posted a new look at the vexed question as to precisely what path missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took across the northern approach to the Straits of Malacca almost three years ago.

This is, of course, not a paper for those who have made their mind up or believe in conspiracy theories peddled by lazy or ignorant fantasists. It is for many of us, certainly for myself, hard work.

The only conclusion I could dare to reach reading this is that it adds to the view of those who believe the sunk wreckage of the jet lies somewhat to the north of the ‘final’ 120,000 square km section of the southern Indian Ocean searched by the ATSB and partners and then abandoned as ‘probably’ not containing the Boeing 777’s heavier parts earlier this year.

But it also does something else. It underlines the very deep concerns MH370 followers have in general about the so called Lido Hotel graphic shown to the next of kin of the 239 people who were onboard the flight between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing when it vanished on March 8, 2014.

That graphic might yet prove to be valid. But it is part of the body of evidence that the Malaysian authorities have refused to variously defend or release, as outlined by a number of MH370 researchers and Mr Iannello in the past.

The ATSB has, no doubt tactfully, remained officially silent about any dissatisfaction it might have with the detail or integrity of material Kuala Lumpur has inexplicably either refused to release or in the case of the Lido Hotel graphic, discuss.

In this paper Victor Iannello says:

We have some additional clues from the report on MH370 released in December 2015 by Australia’s Defense Science and Technology Group (DSTG). As part of the investigation of MH370’s disappearance, Malaysia supplied the ATSB with the raw radar data up until the last capture at 18:22:22 with a 10-second spacing. However, no radar data was supplied between 18:01:49 and 18:22:22, and no explanation was provided for the 20-minute gap. If we are to believe there were no radar captures in this period, we should also question the validity of the data shown in the Lido Hotel radar image. This in turn calls into question whether MH370 was following airway N571 at the time of and subsequent to the final radar capture.

He also ties his latest analysis in with the argument made by Ian Holland, of Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group, that what might have also been interpreted as MH370 making a turn may have been a function of the Inmarsat communications satellite re-powering itself and warming up.

Which might also suggest to readers that the decision of the search partners not to go to a new promising 25,000 square kilometer search zone, to the north of the ‘final’ 120,000 square km zone, was wrong. Heaven forbid a successful search? Or is that just being too suspicious?

The possibility remains, after reading the Holland and Iannello papers, that the Lido Hotel data might be fabricated or massaged in part or full, although neither author says any such thing.

The apparent evasiveness or reticence of the Malaysia authorities in relation to certain missing information may actually be a clue as to the secrets they could be hiding. Or it could just be that stuff was made up to fob off inquiring minds. If the latter possibility is true, then they have failed.

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