- there are other smaller things bobbing in the water, besides the 2 big pieces
- there is a video not released and not just stills
- they IDed that it is part of a plane ( but not that it's from MH370) but do want to reveal resolution capability or coverage capacity. They have searched missing plane archives but no commercial aircraft of that size has been missing in that vicinity.
- the private jet of one of the richest OZ family is being used as it's has fuel range that beats any other defence aircraft of OZ, Kiwi etc and it can stay longer on location.
- waypoints are useless if they float
- 3 teams in search grid one at waypoint of sat capture) in case the big pieces sink near the vicinity, one along NTSB flight path minus 4 day (sat capture) minus 8 days (time of crash due to fuel gone) with currents factored in and last is in area where the pieces likely to be after 4 days of current.
Nearly all the players have been involved from day 2.
Despite comments about possible shipping debris such as lost containers, the biggest container is 40 ft. These pieces are bigger.
Search responsibility role and protocol is governed by ICAO, a UN body. Requires formal procedure to hand over or share responsibility. Nearly all the countries have been helping from day 1 in an unofficial capacity. No country wants to be officially involved as they then must hold press conference and answer questions - fucked up task. Chinese said no from the word go. The Malaysian fucked up the first 8 hrs after discovery but have been doing their part since.