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Malaysia ignored data by Inmarsat on MH370
KUALA LUMPUR: Authorities in Malaysia initially dismissed leads from British satellite firm Inmarsat on the day Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was reported missing, The West Australian reported yesterday, saying the decision meant “critical days were lost” in the search for the plane.
An extract from the source article is quoted below, followed by links to original sources.
Malaysia Airlines rejected crucial data
Exclusive Geoffrey Thomas Aviation Editor The West Australian
Mon, 15 December 2014 5:10AM
Critical days were lost in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 because Malaysian authorities initially rejected evidence from a British satellite company that the plane was in the southern Indian Ocean.
British sources told The West Australian that within 24 hours of the disappearance on March 8, Inmarsat advised the relevant Malaysian authorities of their findings but were rebuffed.
"They didn't want to know," the source said.
Inmarsat then approached Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch with its data and it immediately recognised the significance.
Inmarsat was asked to provide a satellite data link to the Malaysia Airlines fleet and continued to get a signal every hour from MH370 until 8.19am, WA time.
Those signals were picked up from its satellite 38,000km above the Indian Ocean and relayed via a ground station in Perth.
The Malaysian authorities were forced to take the findings seriously when the AAIB teamed with Inmarsat to re-present the MH370 data five days after the Boeing 777 disappeared.
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Source: Extract from The West Australian TWAU-283
Notes
This article was first published by AirlineRatings on 14 December 2014 and then by The West Australian on 15 December 2014. Geoffrey Thomas was the author of both versions. The article was republished by most main-stream media, usually citing The West Australian as the source. Links and URLs follow:-
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Malaysia Airlines rejected crucial data, The West Australian 15 December 2014
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/malaysia-airlines-rejected-crucial-data-ng-ya-382474
This article was written as an Exclusive, by Aviation Editor Geoffrey Thomas and is based on a similar article published by AirlineRatings. - MH370: MALAYSIA REJECTED EVIDENCE, AirlineRatings By Geoffrey Thomas December 14, 2014
https://www.airlineratings.com/news/mh370-malaysia-rejected-evidence/ - Malaysia ignored data by Inmarsat on MH370, The Malaysian Insider/The Edge Financial Daily, 16 December 2014
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/malaysia-ignored-data-inmarsat-mh370