Expanding the search into the Indian Ocean, a body of water that’s the third-largest in the world after the Pacific and Atlantic, greatly increases the complexity of the search while potentially diminishing the chances of finding the plane.
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“I can’t believe a plane could fly into Indian airspace undetected,” said Paul Hayes, director of aviation security in London at Ascend Worldwide, which collects and analyzes aviation data.
“I don’t know what standard procedures there are for the military in these countries, but one assumes they have defense systems and procedures for what to do if an unidentified aircraft is approaching. India is a huge landmass.”-Businessweek.
Yeah, man.
