presumably to give medical assistance. the counselors i have spoken to over the past few days have said, when the news does finally come, it will be almost too difficult to contemplate for people who have been hoping for the worst case scenario, hoping for a hijacking. now, as it appears from what we know, all hope is lost for these families and certainly this is agonizing in this hotel, which has been a real hellish experience, appears to be coming to an end. the grieving process appears to be stopping. it is very raw and very difficult for those that have spent all this time here. i want to go to jim sciutto who is standing by in washington, d.c. the investigation continues. the news for those just joining, malaysia s prime minister saying that according to latest analysis of the information but uk authorities and inmarsat, the
talk about this new data, that they have come and the conclusion they have had to reach from it. they are connected with what we are hearing here from the air force base. these objects are being spotted, right, andrew? absolutely. at the moment, the prime minister is talking about inmarsat. it does seem to be linked. everybody is now. we have been talking about how d desperate the search and rescue mission has been. we have chinese air force planes sitting on an air force base here. it is all working in the same direction. it is three miles deep, this part of the ocean around there. there are big currents, big tides, big seas. this is a very rough, rough stretch of water and so, so remote. there are vessels. the vessels are going to be absolutely critical. richard was talking about the success of the australian navy vessel. that is there.
such things how it s possible to lose a 777 in the age of satellites and cell phones. you talked about a satellite network called iridium that can provide real-time information in the air. how does that work? reporter: it is the question that we ve all been scratching our heads about. how do we lose this giant commercial airliner. iridium system was set up back in the 90s, a way for us to make phone calls from every corner of the globe. now they are relaunching it, rebranding it, if you will to not only provide the satellite phone technology but also provide this immediate real-time location information about airplanes. the company saying they are starting to launch these new satellites that will have this capability starting in 2015. have all 66 of these satellites which is a lot of satellites to replace vied this sort of service. if something had been in place
the families, most of all. so many people have been following this story so close wondering what happened, hoping beyond hope at times that somehow this plane had made it to land and somehow these passengers might still alive. malaysian authorities there, the most final word we have heard based on inmarsat officials, based on u.k. officials reading of satellite data, intense reading of satellite data, that the flight ended up in the southern indian ocean, far from any possible landing sites. we are going to take a short break and our coverage continues in a moment. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn t get into business to spend time managing receipts, that s why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can
you had some real stumbles as a result. hopefully, we have seen now in this last week or so, better cooperation and possibly now a determination as to where this plane is. that s the first question. the next question is, why this plane ended up there. appreciate that, jim. i want to show you the entire news conference given by malaysia s prime minister. it occurred some 24 or 23 minutes ago. where the announcement was made that many of the families, the missing passengers had feared most. let s watch. this evening, i was briefed by representatives from the u.k. accident investigation branch, or aaib. they informed me that inmarsat, the u.k. company that provided the satellite data, which indicated northern and southern