As they studied the data that Inmarsat collected from the missing plane, Inmarsat scientists quickly realized that they could use it to narrow down the plane’s location to seven successive arcs. With a little more analysis, they found that these arcs implied that the plane took one of two routes to its end point. One route headed north, and the other south — but which is correct?

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