Regional Round-Up
MAS’s MH 370 raw data revealed
June 1st 2014
At press time, the Malaysian government released raw satellite data provided by Inmarsat, which gave weight to the theory that MH 370 went down, with all lives lost, in the Southern Indian Ocean. Read More »
The Civil Aviation Department of Malaysia published the 45 pages of satellite information, plus a two page summary explaining how to interpret the data, on May 29 after it received it from Inmarsat.
Some relatives of the 239 passengers and crew onboard MH 370 had requested the information be made public so it could be examined by more experts.
The families of the MH 370 passengers want to be certain that experts have correctly identified the flight path of the aircraft before it disappeared.
Experts generally agree the satellite tracking information is accurate to within ten kilometres. The search is focused on mapping the ocean floor where the aircraft is believed to have crashed.
