with expertise in satellite communications and aircraft performance to take this work forward. the international working group included representatives from the uk, inmarsat, aaib and rolls royce. from china, namely ccac and aaid, and from the u.s., namely ntsb, faa and boeing, as well as the relevant malaysian authorities. the group has been working to refine the inmarsat data and to analyze it. together with other information, including radar data and aircraft performance assumptions to narrow further the search area. information which had already been examined by the investigation was re-examined in light of new evidence drawn from the inmarsat data analysis. in addition, international
and intensive search. while search operations are ongoing, we continue to focus our efforts on caring for the families. in cabinet this morning, we discussed the importance of continuing to support the relatives of the passengers and the crew. on monday, the prime minister announced that based on new data analysis, inmarsat and the aaib concluded that mh-370 flew along the southern corridor and that its last position was in the middle of the indian ocean, west of perth. on tuesday, i confirmed that further study of this data will be undertaken to attempt to determine the final position of the aircraft. the malaysian investigation team set up an international working group, comprising of agencies
malaysia has provided his excellency and his delegation with a full update on the latest information from inmarsat. his excellency also received a comprehensive briefing from the international technical team. as i mentioned yesterday, based on the new information provided by inmarsat, we have established an international working group. the agencies involved in this working group include inmarsat. aaib. the chinese aaid. ntsb. faa, boeing and rolls royce, southwest the relevant malaysian authorities. the role of the working group is to help try and refine inmarsat data. and if possible, more accurately determine the final position of mh-370. i should like to note that the
comprising of agencies with expertise in satellite communication and aircraft performance to take this work forward. the new analysis i have described was convincing enough for the aaib to brief the prime minister that mh-370 flew along the southern corridor and that its last position was in the middle of the indian ocean, west of perth. within a few hours, the families had been informed and the prime minister announced a new development to the world. as the prime minister stated, this type of analysis has never been done in any investigation of this sort. there remains more work to be done and we are grateful to inmarsat, aaib and the international investigation team who are continuing to work with the malaysian authorities. this is a developing situation,
perth on the 28th of march. the ocean shield is fitted with a pinger locator and is due to arrive in the search area on the fifth of april. ladies and gentlemen, the new analysis shared with investigation by inmarsat and the aaib has focused our efforts on the southern part of the southern corridor. although yesterday s news was incredibly hard for the family members, as our prime minister said, it was released out of a commitment to openness and respect for the relatives, two principles which have guided us in our investigations. thank you. okay, ladies and gentlemen, the floor is now open for question-and-answer session. we will start with the local media first and then to our international media. okay, i will have it from the third row, please.