Small debris field in Malacca Strait near island Pulau Perak purportedly associated with MH370 discussed on TomNod, Twitter, and Reddit

March 17, 2014November 27, 2017 Sorin Adam Matei 0 Comments Boeing 777, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malacca Strait, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysian Armed Forces, Pulau Perak, Space debris, twitter

A sea debris field at 5°39’08.0″N 98°50’38.0″E north of the tiny granite outcropping Pulau Perak is being examined on the crowdsourced site TomNod as a potential location for the crash of lost flight MH370. The debris field was reported by a Twitter user, with pictures, today and is now explored by a few vessels. The field is inconsistent with the theory that the last plane ping was at 8 am, several hours into the flight, since the location is quite close to the last radar location of the plane, only 2 hours into the flight. Thus, the search continues.

@cnnbrk @BBCBreaking @thetimes New enhanced images from @tomnod showing potential crash site being investigated pic.twitter.com/Hfnc3FLPaR

— Richard Barrow (@ThisDigitalLtd) March 17, 2014

Sorin Adam Matei

Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Communication at Purdue University, Director of the FORCES initiative leads research teams that study the relationship between technological and social systems using big data, simulation, and mapping approaches. He published papers and articles in Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Information Society, National Interest, and Foreign Policy. He is the author or co-editor of several books. The most recent is Structural differentation in social media. He also co-edited Ethical Reasoning in Big Data,Transparency in social media and Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods (Computational Social Sciences) , all three the product of the NSF funded KredibleNet project. Dr. Matei's teaching portfolio includes technology and strategy, online interaction, and digital media analytics classes. A former BBC World Service journalist, his contributions have been published in Esquire and several leading Romanian newspapers. In Romania, he is known for his books Boierii Mintii (The Mind Boyars), Idolii forului (Idols of the forum), and Idei de schimb (Spare ideas).

Sorin Adam Matei

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