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Welcome back. time for our experts to answer your questions. first one will go to michael kay. we have a question from mabel. mabel says what are the first steps taken in the investigation once the plane is found? >> i guess my answer to that, don, is which part of the plane is found first. that is critical. if it is surface debris, i think the huge bit of the investigation will be allowing closure for the families. that will be absolutely key. we have been talking about bypassing the hay stack and going if for needle. and that is the black box and fdr and cvr. there are memorandums of underst...

It is what is fuelling the fire for family and other skeptics that look, you looked in the most promising area. you haven't foynund it. maybe it's not there. >> all right. i think it's time for a moment of reality on this, erin. and it really comes down to this. you're suggest organize it's been suggested that somehow inmarsat did a calculation, came up with with a place and everybody said let's head off down there and have a look at it. nothing could be further from the truth. my understanding is this is inmarsat did the data. the ntsb has reviewed the data. the aaib did its own independent c...

Looking for the black backes and so far they haven't found them. fit comes down to relying on the debris, are they up to the task if they have to piece together the wreckage? >> look, don, i really do believe they are. australia's aviation transportation safety bureau is one of the best in the world. they've helped nations in the near proximity like indonesia. they've helped them with their crash investigation. they've helped the singaporeans as well. they've got a very, very good track record, very methodical and certainly in the same class as the ntsb and the aaib, and the bea in france. so,...

With expertise in satellite communications and aircraft performance to take this work forward. the international working group included representatives from the uk, inmarsat, aaib and rolls royce. from china, namely ccac and aaid, and from the u.s., namely ntsb, faa and boeing, as well as the relevant malaysian authorities. the group has been working to refine the inmarsat data and to analyze it. together with other information, including radar data and aircraft performance assumptions to narrow further the search area. information which had already been examined by the investigation was re-ex...

Malaysia has provided his excellency and his delegation with a full update on the latest information from inmarsat. his excellency also received a comprehensive briefing from the international technical team. as i mentioned yesterday, based on the new information provided by inmarsat, we have established an international working group. the agencies involved in this working group include inmarsat. aaib. the chinese aaid. ntsb. faa, boeing and rolls royce, southwest the relevant malaysian authorities. the role of the working group is to help try and refine inmarsat data. and if possible, more ac...