MH370 Aviation Mystery

In the aviation mystery which has baffled the world there is one fundamental question which continues to swirl: Has Inmarsat got its numbers right?

It was these very calculations which led the search for MH370 far from the plane's original route across South East Asia and deep into the southern Indian Ocean, off the west coast of Australia. No piece of work is more important in the search for the plane.

I was given exclusive access to the satellite experts who did the groundbreaking work. Time and again, I would ask them the toughest question: "Are you right?"

But before we get there ... How did the data come to light in the first place?

Once the plane went missing, the ground station in Perth checked the logs and discovered that while the aircraft's communications systems were switched off, the plane and the satellite still kept saying "hello" to each other, every hour.

"Having messages for six hours after the plane is lost is probably the biggest disbelief," admits Inmarsat's vice president of satellite operations Mark Dickinson.

These messages are the raw data upon which everything rests.

  http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/27/world/asia/mh370-is-inmarsat-right-quest-analysis/index.html

Structure of the Lead :

Who-Inmarsat

When-Not given

What-aviation mystery

Why-Not given

Where-southern Indian Ocean

How-Not given

Keywords :

Aviation (n.)航空

Baffle (v.)困惑

Fundamental (Adj.)基本

Swirl (v.)捲

Inmarsat (n.) 國際海事衛星組織

Satellite (n.) 衛星

Groundbreaking (Adj.)創新

Aircraft (n.)飛機