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the total search area is 600 square miles

That's a lot of ground to cover. There are plenty of steep, twisting ravines. If the wreckage were concentrated at the bottom of such a ravine, you'd have to be at exactly the right angle to see the wreckage.

Link to map of area. "A" is Galloway Canyon. "B" is Bedrock Canyon.

HJ
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