I hope they're searching in the right place. The independent scientific team headed by
Duncan Steel believes the most likely location is further south, along the 7th arc. So far as I know the ATSB has not responded to the independent group's statement... but, significantly, the ATSB seems to have shifted the bathymetric survey further south. The attached image shows the independent group's predicted location (IG); the red marks show the ongoing bathymetric survey. The graphic is from Steel's site.
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