So the 122 objects in the *former* MH370 search zone were nothing, right?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Just random floating trash, or whitecaps?

Jeez a whiz, this thing really does come off like an episode of LOST. Not only with the whole missing airliner thing, but also because it manages to be both utterly fascinating yet completely frustrating due the lack of answers, all at the same time.

[PoliticAverse]

1. There's a lot of garbage in the oceans. n/t

[former9thward]

2. We have been told time and time again

that our satellites "can read a licence plate from space." But when it comes to ocean debris these satellites don't seem to have a clue even when they are 70 feet long.

[Blue_Tires]

3. Although to be fair

IF the wreckage debris sort of mixed and merged with the other floatsam out there, it would be impossible to discern from space, unless they got lucky and saw something with the airline logo on it or something... Remember that force multiplies, and the faster the airplane hit the water, the smaller the 'pieces' will be -- It's quite possible that any parts of the fuselage still floating *ARE* the size of a license plate...

It's also compounded by the fact that the area evidently has 20-foot waves and frequently stormy weather...

[Brickbat]

4. The satellites that do that tend to be deployed in more strategic areas than southwest of Australia.

And satellites aren't drones; you can't change their orbit with a joystick.