Originally Posted by
NWIFlyer
Just in from the BBC, some of which confirms the WSJ report (times are UK):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26659583
British satellite company Inmarsat tells the BBC there were very strong indications 10 days ago that the plane would be found either in the southern part of the Indian Ocean or in Central Asia, and not in the South China Sea or the Malacca Straits where Malaysian authorities continued to search.
15:03: Inmarsat says it learned on 11 March that the plane had continued to fly for seven hours or more and that it was very unlikely to be in the area where the Malaysian authorities were searching. Inmarsat has made the information public because of concerns over the way the search operation has been handled.
While there has been a lot of second-guessing of the handling of the investigation by Malaysian authorities not all of which is objective, as would happen in any investigation or emergency handling anywhere, this would be a damning and objective evidence of a failure to qualify leads properly.