--- description: Inmarsat is vowing to keep closer tabs on the world's flights, in the wake of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 title: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Inmarsat Launching Jet Tracking Service image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea4c12667dabccfd/69868efc36176058e690bf5a/inmarsat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Satellite Company Launches Tracking Service For Wayward Flights  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 6:30 PM CUT  The offices of satellite operator Inmarsat in central London on March 25, 2014. The offices of satellite operator Inmarsat in central London on March 25, 2014.Leon Neal—AFP/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 6:30 PM CUT A satellite company which has been instrumental in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 [announced](http://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsat-provide-free-global-airline-tracking-service/ "undefined") Monday that it would offer a free tracking service for 11,000 passenger jets, encompassing almost every commercial flight in the world. Share prices for Inmarsat, a satellite company based in the U.K., jumped on the news that it would track any passenger plane equipped with the company’s satellite connection, a feature that comes standard in the vast majority of the world’s long-haul jetliners. CEO Rupert Pearce confirmed the news at a conference hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organization. “In the wake of the loss of \[Flight 370\], we believe this is simply the right thing to do,” he [said](http://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsat-provide-free-global-airline-tracking-service/ "undefined"). It remains unclear just how soon this information will be available to the general public and in what form. Inmarsat said it would stream information from a plane’s black box recorder to a flight tracking organization as soon as a “trigger event,” such as a plane suddenly veering off course, raises alarms. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/96410/mh370-inmarsat-tracking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/96410/mh370-inmarsat-tracking/"},"headline":"Satellite Company Launches Tracking Service For Wayward Flights","datePublished":"2014-05-12T18:30:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:47:22.442Z","description":"U.K.-based satellite company Inmarsat is vowing to keep closer tabs on the world's flights, in the wake of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370","url":"https://time.com/96410/mh370-inmarsat-tracking/","keywords":["Aviation","Airlines","Malaysian Airlines"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea4c12667dabccfd/69868efc36176058e690bf5a/inmarsat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea4c12667dabccfd/69868efc36176058e690bf5a/inmarsat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-MALAYSIA-CHINA-AVIATION-SATELLITE","caption":"BRITAIN-MALAYSIA-CHINA-AVIATION-SATELLITE","creditText":"Leon Neal—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/96410/mh370-inmarsat-tracking/","name":"Satellite Company Launches Tracking Service For Wayward Flights"}}]}] ```