INMARSAT AND MH370The CNN article does not contain a link to the actual 47 page document, nor does it state how the Inmarsat position changed from “the data was irretrievably lost” to now “the data is being released”.  Go Figure…   If you find it can you drop a link in the comment section.    Never mind, I found it here:  https://www.dca.gov.my/mainpage.html

update-1I uploaded the Malaysian Press Release and Data to the SCRIBD account, and will embed the data in a separate post (the next post).   Thanks… /SD

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) — Data from communications between satellites and missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was released Tuesday.

For weeks, the satellite company Inmarsat said it didn’t have the authority to release the data, deferring to Malaysian authorities, which are in charge of the search for the plane that disappeared more than two months ago over Southeast Asia.

INMARSAT AND MH370

Last week, the two sides announced that they would aim to make the information available to the public. They released a 47-page document on Tuesday.

The satellite signals — called “handshakes” — with MH370 were part of a larger set of data that investigators have used to try to establish the whereabouts of the Boeing 777 that went missing on March 8 with 239 people on board.

A team of international experts used the data — in combination with other information, including radar data and engine performance calculations — to conclude that the plane ended up in a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean.

 

Searchers have so far found no wreckage and have not been able to say for sure where MH370 might be.

 

CNN aviation analyst Jeff Wise has said that “the box is going to open” when the satellite data gets publicized.

“It could produce more theories. It will probably cancel out a lot of theories,” he said.

Either way, the release will hopefully give “a much better understanding of what’s been going on all this time,” Wise said.   (read more)

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