UK satellite data confirms missing flight went down in Indian ocean
Data from a British company has been validated by the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch to pinpoint the final destination of Malaysia airline flight MH370.

The Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak confirmed today that that the aircraft’s final resting place is likely to be in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
In a statement Razak said: ’This evening I was briefed by representatives from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). They informed me that Inmarsat, the UK company that provided the satellite data which indicated the northern and southern corridors, has been performing further calculations on the data. Using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed more light on MH370’s flight path.
’Based on their new analysis, Inmarsat and the AAIB have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth.
‘This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.’
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