ToutCa, please look at this post of mine:
Do you think it's possible the plane had enough fuel to get to someplace like Somalia?
When it took off, MH-370 definitely had enough fuel to reach Somalia.
Further, investigators seem to be saying that when it left Malaysian/Thai radar at 2:15am, it had up to 7 hours fuel remaining. That's enough to get to Africa.
It comes back to how much faith we have in the 8:11am red-line arcs.
All the info on how they were determined has NOT been released. We do know there were around 6 pings recorded (3:11am, 4:11am, 5:11am, 6:11am, 7:11am, 8:11am?).
From those, if the plane traveled due west to Africa, investigators would have seen a shorter and shorter ping-distance for the first 3 pings. The plane would have been approaching the satellite's position:
After 3 pings of shorter and shorter distance, the later pings would have shown a longer distance each time as the plane continued further and further west of the satellite.
The experts must feel the unreleased data of the earlier pings does NOT show such a route.
They are claiming the distances recorded can only be consistent with an eastern route (and northern or southern arc location at 8:11am ping).
They no doubt re-checked and re-verified the data analysis with independent teams of scientists before releasing it to the public. It's of course always possible they made a mistake, but for now it's wise to give great weight to the agreed technical data.