George Town: Malaysia is certain that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended its flight in the southern Indian Ocean where search efforts are ongoing, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said today (Feb 24).
He pointed out that data from British satellite communications firm Inmarsat and the local air traffic controllers have all indicated that the jetliner flew to the current search zone in the Indian Ocean, which is spread out over 60,000 sq km.
Mr Liow, who was commenting on UK paper Daily Mail’s report claiming that MH370 had been deliberately flown off-course towards the Antarctica, neither refuted nor agreed with the article.
Daily Mail yesterday reported that experts believe the missing jetliner had flown on for hours after losing contact with air traffic controllers, and that after its last radio call, the aircraft first made a turn to the left followed by two more turns that took it westwards before it headed south towards the Antarctica.
Mr Liow insisted that Inmarsat and the ATC were very certain that the electronic handshakes detected from the jetliner while heading towards the southern arc were from MH370 as each plane has its own unique signal.
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He pointed out that data from British satellite communications firm Inmarsat and the local air traffic controllers have all indicated that the jetliner flew to the current search zone in the Indian Ocean, which is spread out over 60,000 sq km.
Mr Liow, who was commenting on UK paper Daily Mail’s report claiming that MH370 had been deliberately flown off-course towards the Antarctica, neither refuted nor agreed with the article.
Daily Mail yesterday reported that experts believe the missing jetliner had flown on for hours after losing contact with air traffic controllers, and that after its last radio call, the aircraft first made a turn to the left followed by two more turns that took it westwards before it headed south towards the Antarctica.
Mr Liow insisted that Inmarsat and the ATC were very certain that the electronic handshakes detected from the jetliner while heading towards the southern arc were from MH370 as each plane has its own unique signal.
26/02/15 Today
