Inmarsat, the firm whose satellites helped track the final route of missing Malaysian Airlines airliner MH370, confirmed that it would offer a free, basic tracking service to passenger airlines globally. The company said on Monday that the service would be offered to all 11,000 commercial passenger aircraft which are already equipped with Inmarsat satellite connection, […]
The world will never face another mystery like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 again, a British satellite firm promises. The airline industry has resisted the use of satellite tracking because of the costs involved but Inmarsat says it will offer a free tracking service to the world’s airlines, using GPS to…
Satellite data led British company Inmarsat to conclude that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down in the south Indian Ocean, but how did Inmarsat track the missing flight’s route? About two weeks ago, it picked up on “pings” from the aircraft—despite the fact that the Boeing 777’s transponders and…
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