Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia today released raw satellite data used to determine the path of the ill-fated Flight MH370, meeting a key demand by kin of the 239 people, including five Indians, on board the plane.
The country's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) released the raw data obtained from British satellite firm Inmarsat which was used to determine the path of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200.
"Inmarsat and the DCA have been working for the release of the data communication logs and the technical description of the analysis," a statement issued by the department said.
The department said 47 pages of data containing the communication logs as well as relevant explanations and tables was being released in accordance with Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein's instructions.
The Malaysian government and UK's Inmarsat had earlier said they will release raw satellite data used to narrow down the search for the missing plane to the southern Indian Ocean to the public for "greater transparency".
Families of the passengers on board the plane, which disappeared on March 8 over South China Sea, have been demanding that the raw data be made public.
The fate of the plane and those on board has become one of the great aviation mysteries of modern times.
