report. mary, what do you think is missing from this report? well, for the family s sake i would have liked to have seen more of the detail of how they used this data to come up with their conclusions, and as david said, he s absolutely right, it s not just inmarsat. many other participants, inlewdiinlewd i including boeing and inmarsat. much better for families to proip the data and full analysis and earlier this morning on cnn, ceo of inmarsat, rupert pearce said he provided all of that to malaysia and they are perfectly happy if malaysia releases it. why they did not, i m not sure, but the data certainly does support, you know, that inmarsat had, you know, certainly a lot to analyze, and it s not just, you know, seven random points. there s something there and it s very important for the families to have it. so this report, david, was able to kind of pinpoint, maybe, where the plane went down, but does it lead to any other clues?
like that, that you ve done the right work. the data is as you understand it to be. reporter: was there a moment of disbelief? having messages six hours after the plane was lost is probably the biggest disbelief in terms of what you have. reporter: inmarsat quickly realized the analysis of data from mh-370 to the satellite would produce an extraordinary result and needed to be tested. so they ran the model against other planes which had been in the sky at the same time on the night, and against previous flights of the same aircraft. time and again they ran the model, over dozens of flights. and the planes were always found to be exactly where they were supposed to be. the notes came up no particular reason it wouldn t work like the others. not just inmarsat, others are doing investigations, experts helping the investigation team
it s important that we get it right and particularly trying for the families and friends of the relatives onboard to make sure that we can help bring this sad incident to a close. reporter: the immarsat data will guide the search for the foreseeable future. it s all they ve got. without it, there would be no search at all and the men in london are still sure they re right. richard qwest, cnn, immarsat, london. this new report isn t exactly sitting well with many of the families of flight 370. they say there are not enough details in this document. let s bring in sara. her partner, phillip wood, was on flight 370. sara, welcome. thank you for having me on the show. thank you for being here. are you satisfied by today s
who got the same data. made their own models up and did the same thing and get the same results, and speaking here for the team, getting roughly the same answers. reporter: the result of all of this work led to dozens of search planes and ships being sent to the southern indian ocean, where for weeks they followed the trail to nowhere. inmarsat s calculations have been called into question. the families demanding the raw data. well, i think the data itself, in stand alone, is not particularly you can t draw too much from it. what is more pertinent is to see the messages and see the important bit of information, and that s the job we ve been trying to do, and some explanation behind how the numbers are used. reporter: to be clear, letting people make judgments on your work. you re not inviting them to re-do your work? no. i say, to re-do the work requires experts in many
other planes which have been in the sky at the same time on the night and against previous flights of the same aircraft. time and again they round the model over dozens of flights and the planes were always found to be exactly where they were supposed to be. there s no reason why it shouldn t work for this particular flight when it works for the others and it s very important that this isn t just an immarsat activity. there are other people doing an investigation. experts helping the investigation team who got the same data and made their own models up and did the same thing and see if they get the same results and speaking for the teams we get roughly the same answers. reporter: the results of all this work led to dozens of search planes and ships being sent to the southern indian ocean where for weeks they followed the trail to nowhere. immarsat s calculations have been called into question. the families demanding the raw