Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
Inmarsat analyzed satellite data from routine flights to learn patterns that helped investigators conclude that data received from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) shows the aircraft's last known position after hours of flying was over a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean. The new analysis, done by Inmarsat and the U.K. Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) with contributions from Boeing and others, convinced Malaysian officials that the Boeing 777 flew south after it disappeared from radar and it did not land safely.
New analysis of satellite data confirms that Malaysian Airlines Flight 370’s last known position was southwest of Perth over a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean, leading officials to conclude the Boeing 777 went down in the water, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday evening.
Adrian Schofield (Auckland), Jeremy Torr (Singapore ), Bradley Perrett (Beijing)
The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has thrown a harsh light on the fragile nature of internal and cross-border relationships in Southeast Asia, as a lack of coordination hampered both detection of the flightpath and response to its disappearance.
