ethiopian hijacking recently, that seems to be the normal procedure. and that was the key question you pressed him on, and the key answer he did not give. another question, richard, is the prime minister confident now? what does he think about the area they re searching? does he think it is the right search area? whether he thinks it or not it is all they have got. and that is because of the inmarsat data, the so-called handshake, those six and a half-plus handshakes were in the indian ocean where they picked up the pings. so the blunt question for the prime minister of malaysia, when he heard about the inmarsat data and he heard what was happening did he have confidence in it? to be honest, i find it hard to believe to begin with. because how could a plane that was supposed to be heading towards beijing, you know
procedure. and that was the key question you pressed him on, and the key answer he did not give. another question, richard, is the prime minister confident now? what does he think about the area they re searching? does he think it is the right search area? whether he thinks it or not it is all they have got. and that is because of the inmarsat data, the so-called handshake, those six and a half-plus handshakes were in the indian ocean where they picked up the pings. so the blunt question for the prime minister of malaysia, when he heard about the inmarsat data and he heard what was happening did he have confidence in it? to be honest, i find it hard to believe to begin with. because how could a plane that was supposed to be heading towards beijing, you know they could decide that the plane and the half way
obviously you have to go find out. i think that richard was reading the tea leaves pretty well, it may have been somebody junior or somebody left their station and the malaysian prime minister was just never going to say that. so i think that richard did a masterful job trying to pin him down. and richard, that means if you accept the explanation given, that means there was a mistake early on. and presumably the malaysian officials have known about this for sometime and you trying to keep it quiet? yeah, it is confusing to me, except for the fact the malaysian radar, which if it is an older radar which i suspect it is, just for defense purposes. it doesn t have secondary pings. their goal at this point would have to be it is a threat. and that is exactly why we found ourselves in the situation like we did with 9/11.
given, that means there was a mistake early on. and presumably the malaysian officials have known about this for sometime and you trying to keep it quiet? yeah, it is confusing to me, except for the fact the malaysian radar, which if it is an older radar which i suspect it is, just for defense purposes. it doesn t have secondary pings. their goal at this point would have to be it is a threat. and that is exactly why we found ourselves in the situation like we did with 9/11. is just the unfathomable. and them thinking well, it is not defensive and has nothing to do with me. just to be clear to say it, out loud the reason it is such a big deal because in this day and