The Inmarsat claim of receiving "pings" is shrouded in privacy and is contradicted by all the evidence.
Dam near all aviation experts say the search is not in the right area.
The Evidence is:
1. The transponder went off because it was either out of range or disintegrated. At the same time, tracking went off. That again is a sign of disintegration.
2. The only reliable witness Michael McKay of NZ observation from an oil rig, is he saw it explode, gave the bearing 270 except he got the distance wrong, it was much further away than he guessed. At 36,000 ft, that explosion was visible for hundreds of miles and HE was the only one report it, to Vietnam who did search where he said he saw it but it was NOT there, it was the same bearing but a greater distance.
3. Vietnam flights spotted what looked like debris at that point near the Flight Plan Track.
4. Chinese satelite spotted what looked like wreckage where the debris would have drifted to.
5. The "Imarsat" report conflicts with all the above evidence and does not add up. Imarsat for Privacy reasons are
refusing to provide more information. Malaysian airlines are refusing to give information which again, does not help the search.
The search should be along the flight plan track exactly where the transponder went off to the Vietnam coast, centered on the last observation by Michael McKay.
It's that SOLE One and Only observation that anyone can rely on. It's corroborated by multiple sources.
How can the world be so dumb and stupid to go off on wild theories that it went to the Indian Ocean, landed on an island , and now, it went to the middle east, it went to Europe..
There are very serious problems with the "primary radar" interpretation. The world there is full of aircraft and it's predictable that one operator may not know of all the flights that took place or if flights were not notified to other countries. That happens.
The fact is, secondary radar went off from Malaysia and did not come on in Vietnam. That corroborates the
flight tracking information of stopping in the sky on track, between Malaysia and Vietnam.
The Chinese appear to have other resources to confirm the impact.
An underwater search needs to start at that estimated observation, on track, at the bearing observed by
Michael McKay as there is NO other reliable and credible evidence
except for the position where the Transponder stopped which is a pretty good starting point.
I'm amazed at how the worlds press fail to look at the facts.
What is even more amazing is the apparent incompetence to date.
Now, wait for it, the US Navy is sending expensive resources into the Indian Ocean "looking for the 777".
It begs the question, exactly "where" do they intend to look in the Indian Ocean when all the
evidence says the 777 lies on the direct Flight Plan Track after it's transponder "stopped"
to the location observed by Kiwi Oil Rig "worker", Michael J. Mckay.