17-05-2014, 01:46 AM
Now they "can't find" the raw data on the satellite pings.... a new round of finger pointing:
From CNN.com 5/16/14:
"The raw data is with (satellite company) Inmarsat, not with Malaysia, not with Australia, not with Malaysia Airlines, so if there is any request for this raw data to be made available to the public, it must be made to Inmarsat," Acting Minister of Transportation Hishammuddin Hussein said.
Australian officials heading the search in the Southern Indian Ocean tell CNN they don't have the raw data, either.
But Inmarsat, which owns the satellites, insists that the data has already been released to investigators.
"Inmarsat's raw data was provided to the investigation team at an early stage in the search for MH370," Chris McLaughlin, the company's vice president of external relations, told CNN's "Erin Burnett: OutFront."
He added, "We have very high confidence in the analysis of this data, which was independently evaluated by the international teams accredited to the official investigation."
It's up to investigators, he said, to decide what they want to release -- and when. The company says the Convention on International Civil Aviation prevents the release findings from an investigation without the consent from the state conducting the investigation.
Peter: I have another question, about your graph. Aren't the data discrete points, i.e. what the plane is doing at that particular moment? It's a bit misleading to draw straight lines between data points, which suggests that the plane is continually turning gradually towards the current position of the satellite, when in fact the planes' course, speed, and direction between pings may look entirely different that what happens at the ping. Especially if your theoretical hijacker knows about the pinging.
Last question, why are there three pings close together at the start of the flight, then a long delay, then three pings at about the time the plane went off course, then long delays between pings again? What could cause that?
From CNN.com 5/16/14:
"The raw data is with (satellite company) Inmarsat, not with Malaysia, not with Australia, not with Malaysia Airlines, so if there is any request for this raw data to be made available to the public, it must be made to Inmarsat," Acting Minister of Transportation Hishammuddin Hussein said.
Australian officials heading the search in the Southern Indian Ocean tell CNN they don't have the raw data, either.
But Inmarsat, which owns the satellites, insists that the data has already been released to investigators.
"Inmarsat's raw data was provided to the investigation team at an early stage in the search for MH370," Chris McLaughlin, the company's vice president of external relations, told CNN's "Erin Burnett: OutFront."
He added, "We have very high confidence in the analysis of this data, which was independently evaluated by the international teams accredited to the official investigation."
It's up to investigators, he said, to decide what they want to release -- and when. The company says the Convention on International Civil Aviation prevents the release findings from an investigation without the consent from the state conducting the investigation.
Peter: I have another question, about your graph. Aren't the data discrete points, i.e. what the plane is doing at that particular moment? It's a bit misleading to draw straight lines between data points, which suggests that the plane is continually turning gradually towards the current position of the satellite, when in fact the planes' course, speed, and direction between pings may look entirely different that what happens at the ping. Especially if your theoretical hijacker knows about the pinging.
Last question, why are there three pings close together at the start of the flight, then a long delay, then three pings at about the time the plane went off course, then long delays between pings again? What could cause that?