Remember when WSJ broke the news #MH370 flew on for hours from its last confirmed location...
... Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and Hishammuddin Hussein, then acting transport minister, swiftly dismissed the report?
Of course, it turned out to be true and accurate.
... Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and Hishammuddin Hussein, then acting transport minister, swiftly dismissed the report?
Of course, it turned out to be true and accurate.
Today's the anniversary of #MH370, and I want to take this opportunity to elaborate further about this particular incident.
I was with The Wall Street Journal back then reporting about the disappearance in 2014. It was essentially a national crisis. 2/n
I was with The Wall Street Journal back then reporting about the disappearance in 2014. It was essentially a national crisis. 2/n
WSJ broke the news that #MH370 flew on for up to five hours from its last confirmed location, citing US investigators.
TL;DR investigators were able to tell that plane had been flying based on signals that were automatically transmitting. wsj.com/articles/SB100…
TL;DR investigators were able to tell that plane had been flying based on signals that were automatically transmitting. wsj.com/articles/SB100…
4/n But instead of acting on the intelligence...
... Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and Hishammuddin Hussein, the then-acting transport minister, swiftly denied and dismissed the report.
malaysiakini.com/news/257026
... Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and Hishammuddin Hussein, the then-acting transport minister, swiftly denied and dismissed the report.
malaysiakini.com/news/257026
5/n WSJ's report turned out to be true and accurate as authorities would later confirm.
But four days have went by before Malaysia acted on the data that showed #MH370 flew away from the area being searched by a massive international effort.
wsj.com/articles/SB100…
But four days have went by before Malaysia acted on the data that showed #MH370 flew away from the area being searched by a massive international effort.
wsj.com/articles/SB100…
6/6 By then, investigators and authorities were struggling to recover from the delays due to what was essentially searching the wrong place.
Critical time were lost, and eventually, the battery powering the beacon transmitting #MH370's location died.
Critical time were lost, and eventually, the battery powering the beacon transmitting #MH370's location died.
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