Scientists sceptical of satellite firm Inmarsat's raw data on missing Malaysian flight MH370
Scientists question quality of information in 47-page report released by British company
Scientists have questioned the quality of raw data released by British satellite company Inmarsat that was used to determine Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean.
They said the information was insufficient to plot its course.
The London-based firm released a 47-page report yesterday detailing data communication logs recorded by the satellite operator, 10 weeks after the plane vanished on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. The Doppler effect, changes in the frequency of waves from a moving object, was used to deduce the flight path from the data.
The data is only separated data – how could it define the track of the plane?
But Steve Wang, spokesman for a support group for relatives of the 154 missing Chinese passengers on board, said: "The data they have is only separated data - how could it precisely define the track of the plane? I don't think the Malaysia side is really honest about all the data they have."
Relatives of those on board the Boeing 777 when it vanished want to draft in independent experts to recreate information and determine the plane's course.
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Dr Li Min, a researcher at Wuhan University, said the data was insufficient and could not be used to determine the plane's route or last known position.