Update | Inmarsat denies holding key data on MH370 crash site ahead of BBC documentary
Inmarsat distances itself from a BBC documentary due to air on Tuesday night, suggesting the most likely crash site has yet to be searched.
Inmarsat, a key figure in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, has distanced itself from a BBC documentary due to air on Tuesday night, suggesting the most likely crash site has yet to be searched.
“The suggestion was the BBC was promoting the final resting place of the aircraft, but it doesn’t appear to me in the trailer that they do mention that – but maybe they do in the programme,” said Chris McLaughlin, the company’s senior vice president of external affairs.
“If they do mention a point, it’s fairly difficult to do so because it’s not really supported by the data.”
Inmarsat’s scientists told the BBC’s Horizon programme that they had calculated the plane’s most likely flight path and a “hot spot” in the southern Indian Ocean in which it most likely came down.
However, McLoughlin refuted the latest potential development as a significant development since the aircraft vanished more than 100 days ago.
“We have such limited data in relation to the loss of the plane, that we can only indicate the search area. We can’t indicate a signal point to look,” he said, referring to a “hot spot” widely trailered on the BBC programme.