Flight 370 Satellite Data Released; New Satellite Data Released
BOLDUAN: Welcome back to NEW DAY. Overnight, the Malaysian government released the Inmarsat data used to calculate where missing Flight 370 most likely ended in the southern Indian Ocean. Families had been pleading with authorities for weeks really for that information to be released, now that it has been released. What do we know? What are we learning? Let's discuss this and latest in the search. Joined now by Mary Schiavo and David Soucie. Mary, CNN aviation analyst and a former inspector general at the U.S. Department of Transportation. David, of course, is a CNN safety analyst and author of "Why Planes Crash." Good morning to both of you.</s>MARY SCHIAVO, CNN AVIATION ANALYST: Good morning. So, Mary, let me start with you. We have the data. It's pages and pages president to the untrained eye or even to a sophisticated person, it is very confusing. I look through it, it means nothing me. What does it mean to you?</s>SCHIAVO: Well, yes, glass is half full here. They did get the raw data. What they asked for was the raw data, the satellite transmission data and what Inmarsat used to calculate or come up with a hypothesis that it was in the southern Indian Ocean. So, that much they got. What they didn't get was really detailed information about how they did the analysis, what Inmarsat relied upon. Why they discarded the north and root on the southern route (ph). I would have thought they would have put that in the report, because the report was being aimed for the families. But still, they got the data and they will be able to do an independent analysis.</s>BOLDUAN: What do you -- what do you think we have here, David?</s>DAVID SOUCIE, CNN SAFETY ANALYST: Well, you know, I used to teach math at Redstone College in Colorado. And I'm not giving this a very good grade, to be honest with you. The math is there. The information is there. But they didn't show their work. Let's put it that way. They didn't put their work. There's no real way to determine what formulas they used, how they got there. But you have to consider it's not just Inmarsat. I think Inmarsat gets an A-plus for putting that information out there. What they didn't do and what they weren't expected to do was to put out the formulas and how they arrived at the data that is information that other people have like Honeywell and the other manufacturers that different parts of this complex system.</s>BOLDUAN: One of the basic reasons that anyone wanted the information released is to figure out how, if we don't have better information, how did you determine that the plane ended in this place in the southern Indian Ocean since it's so far off where it had intended to be. Mary, do we get any further to be able to answer that question?</s>SCHIAVO: Well, they didn't provide it in the report. They didn't make it easy on the families. They really should have at this point. I mean, we are at two plus, 2 1/2 months out. And it would have been -- behoove them to do that. But no, if they took that data -- they don't have the algorithms as David mentioned. They didn't show their work at all. They didn't know what they did but they have the raw data. So, with expert minds they can re-examine for their own but they did not justify their findings at all here.</s>BOLDUAN: Who are the other agencies? One thing we heard from Richard Quest, David, one of the things that I find interesting, you have Inmarsat who has the data and Inmarsat says, it's not just us that you should believe. There are other agencies and there are other maybe even companies that looked at the data and verified our calculation saying, yes, we agree with you, this is where it ended up. Why don't we know where those groups are?</s>SOUCIE: Because they haven't stepped forward. Inmarsat is the forerunner because of the fact it is their system. But as I mentioned, it's a very complex and interoperable system. You have satellite companies which may involve several different satellite companies that manufacture them. You have, as I mentioned, Honeywell, who manufacturers components onboard the aircraft that automatically adjust for these base frequency offsets and the movement of the satellite and that sort of thing. So when they did this analysis you have to know there were several PhDs sitting in the room doing this from each of these companies including Boeing, the installation, the antenna manufacturers, all of these people were in the room together. So, to try to reassemble it after the fact would be literally a book 10 times this big as this piece of paper. So, you know, I wasn't ever very optimistic that we would be able to sit here and say, yes, that's definitely it. But we're getting closer. I think to me gives me better confidence. There are some key pieces in here that they are in the right place.</s>CUOMO: You work with a lot of families after accidents and crashes like this, Mary. Do you think this should provide any -- not satisfaction but any confidence or provide any kind of comfort to the families? They've been requesting it. The information is out there. What do you make of it?</s>SCHIAVO: Well, satisfied that they finally got something. I mean, their families are missing. People overlook how -- they won't give up. They won't go away by saying, well, you know, we don't have to give you the data. It's absurd. They're not going to go away. So, at least they got the data but they got the data in the rawest form. And remember, Malaysia took a week or several weeks to put this together because they said they were going to put it in a format usable for the families. Well, the data is there but none of the reasoning behind the data so the families can't have that good feeling like, yes, we have the data. Yes, we now see why they're so sure. That second part isn't there. They really deserve that second part.</s>BOLDUAN: Mary Schiavo, David Soucie, thank you so much. And, of course, the search continues. They're now going to start mapping the ocean floor which could take a very long time and then bring in new equipment to begin the search on the ocean floor. Once again, they're talking about months looking at even a year to get all of this going and under way -- Chris.</s>CUOMO: All right, Kate. Well, the families are not grading as generously as David Soucie. And they want answers. And in a moment we're going to talk to the man who can give them to them. We're going to talk with the CEO of Inmarsat about the data release. You will want to see it, coming up. Also, the government is usually at fault for keeping sec secrets, right? Well, now, the White House is in hot water for revealing one, blowing a top CIA agent's cover. How this happened and can they fix their mistake in time? Ahead.