MH370 crash: Inmarsat data indicated where plane went down
PETALING JAYA: Where the MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean was based on new analysis by UK investigators and the British satellite firm Inmarsat.
As stated by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Inmarsat used new techniques to detect the plane's course.
The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch, which probes serious civil aircraft incidents, was also involved.
According to BBC, Inmarsat gave the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) the new data on Sunday - adding it needed to be checked before it was made public.
The firm said its latest calculation involved a large amount of data analysis, focusing on a number of factors including the movements of other aircraft.
It involved an entirely new way of modelling which is why the analysis took some time, the firm added.
A spokeswoman for the AAIB said as set out by Najib, “we have been working with the UK company Inmarsat, using satellite data to determine the area on which to focus the search.
"We are not able to comment further on this investigation, which is being led by the Malaysian authorities."
Oceanographer Dr Simon Boxall, from the University of Southampton, also told the BBC it was significant that Inmarsat had been tracking data, rather than locations.
"The algorithms and the techniques they've applied to try and locate to within a certain area where the last transmission was made is really quite phenomenal - but also quite tragic because it does show this plane was heading to an open area of ocean."
"They [Inmarsat] started from scratch. They've probably crammed almost a year's worth of research into maybe a couple of weeks so it's not a routine calculation they would ever, ever make.
"So they've been looking at all the signals they have, all the recordings they have, and processing that many times over to try and pinpoint where the plane's signal came from. Technologically it's really quite astounding," said Dr Boxall.
He said that Inmarsat must have run through its calculation a number of times and "wouldn't have released this sort of information without being 100% certain".
Philip Baum, editor of Aviation Security International Magazine, stressed that the mystery of flight MH370's disappearance had not been solved yet.
"We still believe there was a deliberate act that took place on board the flight deck inside the cockpit that resulted in the aircraft turning and heading south," he said.
"Indeed, south of the next landmass would have been Antarctica. So until we find the black box we're really not going to know anything more."
Airline pilot Peter Benn said finding some of the wreckage could help explain what happened to the plane.
"I don't think anyone should underestimate the magnitude of that task. It is a vast undertaking, suffice to say if some debris can be recovered it would provide an awful lot of clues," he said.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident Updates - Fear To Be Dead
MH370 crash: Plane goes down in Indian Ocean, all 239 on board feared dead
PETALING JAYA: All 239 passengers and crew on board MH370 are feared dead after it was determined that the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 went down in the Indian Ocean.
While Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced live over TV that the flight ended in the Indian Ocean based on confirmation from investigators, Malaysia Airlines sent a text message to families expressing deep regret.
PETALING JAYA: All 239 passengers and crew on board MH370 are feared dead after it was determined that the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 went down in the Indian Ocean.
While Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced live over TV that the flight ended in the Indian Ocean based on confirmation from investigators, Malaysia Airlines sent a text message to families expressing deep regret.
The text message read:
"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."
Families in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur were seen wailing when they heard the news that the plane had crashed and there was no hope of any survivor.
Some of the family members in Beijing were seen knocking their head. First teams rushed in to help several of the collapsed family members and sent them on to ambulance to hospital.
Source: The Star
Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident Updates - All Lost
MH370 crash: MAS says all 239 on board lost
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines has issued a text message to the families deeply regretting that MH370 has been lost and none of of the 239 passengers and crew on board survived.
The text message to the families read:
"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines has issued a text message to the families deeply regretting that MH370 has been lost and none of of the 239 passengers and crew on board survived.
The text message to the families read:
"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."
Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident Updates - Family Will Be Sent To Australia
MH370 Crash: Families of passengers to be flown from Beijing to Australia
PERALING JAYA: Families of passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight will be taken from Beijing to Australia after more objects were spotted in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean, Britain's Sky News reported on its website, quoting sources.
The report said that relatives have been called to an emergency meeting with the company.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein informed lawmakers in Parliament that Prime Minister Najib Razak was scheduled to hold a news conference at 10pm.
Hishammudin, who appeared before lawmakers in the Dewan for the first time since the plane went missing on March 8, did not reveal details of the scheduled press conference.
"There is some development. Whatever it is, the focus is to reduce the search area, so anything that PM announces is in relation to the reduction," he said.
Source: The Star
PERALING JAYA: Families of passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight will be taken from Beijing to Australia after more objects were spotted in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean, Britain's Sky News reported on its website, quoting sources.
The report said that relatives have been called to an emergency meeting with the company.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein informed lawmakers in Parliament that Prime Minister Najib Razak was scheduled to hold a news conference at 10pm.
Hishammudin, who appeared before lawmakers in the Dewan for the first time since the plane went missing on March 8, did not reveal details of the scheduled press conference.
"There is some development. Whatever it is, the focus is to reduce the search area, so anything that PM announces is in relation to the reduction," he said.
Source: The Star
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident Updates - Political Ties Denied
PKR rubbishes Daily Mail's claim of Zaharie-Anwar link
PETALING JAYA: PKR leaders have swiftly dismissed a British tabloid report which claimed MH370 flight captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah is a "political fanatic."
PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil said the Daily Mail report was "wild allegations" and the paper "is a sensationalist tabloid known for cooking up stories."
"These allegations are wild speculation for the moment.
"If there is any concrete data backing up an allegation we will respond to it. If anyone aboard (the flight) chose to attend the Anwar trial that is their right as it was in open court.
"We do not want this to be used by unscrupulous parties as an avenue to attack PKR or Pakatan Rakyat component parties," he told The Star Online.
Fahmi hoped that the federal government would not use the opportunity to “label” Pakatan Rakyat leaders.
Asked if Zaharie was often seen at functions organised by PKR or Pakatan Rakyat, he said he does not know Zaharie personally.
“I was in court during the two days but I can’t remember seeing him. After all, it was a public hearing and anyone could attend.
“I did not know who he was until the news broke out about the plane last Saturday,” said Fahmi.
The tabloid claimed that Zaharie commanded the doomed flight about several hours after he had attended the sodomy trial of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday.
Anwar was jailed for five years by the Court of Appeal last Friday but was released on bail. Flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew on board took off from KLIA at 12.40am on Saturday.
PKR vice-president N. Surendran said there "is not a drop of evidence to support such speculation. It is just a speculation. Let us be fair to the missing captain as well - he cannot answer for himself."
Surendran, who is Padang Serai MP, said that he had no problems with the authorities conducting a thorough probe into the missing MAS flight.
"Every angle, no matter how remote and improbable should be considered.
"But there is not one drop of evidence to support the allegation at this point. It remains pure speculation. Let the authorities investigate this link fairly and professionally," he said.
Asked whether PKR would take legal action against the tabloid, Surendran said he did not think his party should do so.
"I do not think that PKR should take any action for defamation against The Mail. Over the past one week there have been so many theories - and this is the latest in a long string of theories," he said.
PETALING JAYA: PKR leaders have swiftly dismissed a British tabloid report which claimed MH370 flight captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah is a "political fanatic."
PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil said the Daily Mail report was "wild allegations" and the paper "is a sensationalist tabloid known for cooking up stories."
"These allegations are wild speculation for the moment.
"If there is any concrete data backing up an allegation we will respond to it. If anyone aboard (the flight) chose to attend the Anwar trial that is their right as it was in open court.
"We do not want this to be used by unscrupulous parties as an avenue to attack PKR or Pakatan Rakyat component parties," he told The Star Online.
Fahmi hoped that the federal government would not use the opportunity to “label” Pakatan Rakyat leaders.
Asked if Zaharie was often seen at functions organised by PKR or Pakatan Rakyat, he said he does not know Zaharie personally.
“I was in court during the two days but I can’t remember seeing him. After all, it was a public hearing and anyone could attend.
“I did not know who he was until the news broke out about the plane last Saturday,” said Fahmi.
The tabloid claimed that Zaharie commanded the doomed flight about several hours after he had attended the sodomy trial of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday.
Anwar was jailed for five years by the Court of Appeal last Friday but was released on bail. Flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew on board took off from KLIA at 12.40am on Saturday.
PKR vice-president N. Surendran said there "is not a drop of evidence to support such speculation. It is just a speculation. Let us be fair to the missing captain as well - he cannot answer for himself."
Surendran, who is Padang Serai MP, said that he had no problems with the authorities conducting a thorough probe into the missing MAS flight.
"Every angle, no matter how remote and improbable should be considered.
"But there is not one drop of evidence to support the allegation at this point. It remains pure speculation. Let the authorities investigate this link fairly and professionally," he said.
Asked whether PKR would take legal action against the tabloid, Surendran said he did not think his party should do so.
"I do not think that PKR should take any action for defamation against The Mail. Over the past one week there have been so many theories - and this is the latest in a long string of theories," he said.
Source: The Star
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