Gauging Inmarsat's Confidence in Search

ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS LIVE AT THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS. ERIN, WE HEARD EARLIER TODAY FROM THEIR SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT THAT HE'S CONFIDENT THAT THE INFORMATION IS ON POINT BUT EVERYBODY'S QUESTION IS, HOW CAN HE BE SO SURE? >> Reporter: WELL, THEY ARE SAYING HERE AT INMARSAT THAT THEY ARE HIGHLY CONFIDENT BUT THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN. THEY ARE DEALING WITH A LIMITED SET OF DATA AND THE PLANE DID NOT HAVE AN ONBOARD TRACKING SYSTEM. THERE ARE TWO CORRIDORS THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN K CORRIDOR. AND THAT WAS BASED ON PINGS BETWEEN THE PLANE AND THE INMARSAT SATELLITE. THEY TOOK THAT DATA, ANALYSIS AND SHARED IT WITH AUTHORITIES ON MARCH 11th. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THEN HAVE TAKEN THAT SAME SET OF DATA AND KIND OF LOOKED AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND COMPARED IT TO SIMILAR FLIGHTS THAT HAVE FLOWN IN THAT AREA. EARLIER I SPOKE TO JOHN, VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS HERE AT INMARSAT AND HE WALKED ME THROUGH THE ANALYSIS. >> WE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD HAVE GONE NORTH VERSUS SOUTH AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS A FIT BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN ROUTE MODEL AND THE SOUTHERN ROOT AND THE PINGS THAT WE RECEIVED. >> Reporter: NOW, I ASKED CHRIS ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10 HOW CONFIDENT ARE THEY AND THEY SAID