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'And then media started to go back and check, 'What do we really know?' I think that is the first time maybe that media trusted the data we had and started to report the last position was outside the Malaysian coast. Robertsson pulled the last data point Flightradar24 had for MH370, which was just off the Malaysian coast, and said he tweeted about it and posted on Facebook, hoping to help bring some clarity to what had turned into an echo chamber of misinformation.ДЇor about 12 hours, there were numerous incorrect reports 'about crashing and fires and landing,' he said. So much different information was coming out and it was just a big mess.' I think about 20 minutes later it just disappeared and then media started to report this aircraft has crashed in China, Vietnam, some reported it landed. 'I remember I was just about to go to bed and I saw on some media there was an aircraft missing so I started to check our data and I could see that we had this aircraft in coverage as it left the Malaysian coast.

'The news came out just before midnight Swedish time,' Robertsson said. But perhaps the most puzzling day was when Malaysia Airlines' Flight MH370 disappeared. Robertsson and Lindahl said their busiest day ever was due to the Icelandic ash cloud, when people were apparently fascinated by the empty airspace and checking their website. An antenna on the roof is wired to a receiver inside that collects the data.ДЄ receiver, which captures signals from nearby aircraft, is seen on the roof of Flightradar24's headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. They're on top of office buildings, at airports or even on the roofs of homes owned by aviation enthusiasts. The competitive edge behind Flightradar24 is the company's network of 10,000 receivers scattered around the world. What began as a secondary business to an airfare price comparison website has grown into a lucrative business for Flightradar24, which sells its app for $3.99 and also offers subscriptions geared toward businesses and consumers.ДЇredrik Lindahl, CEO of Flightradar24, told ABC News the company has about 1.5 million users per day from around the world.

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'They use our data and want to know how to access it quicker,' he said. Government agencies are also looking to Flightradar24 and its trove of data, Robertsson said, noting that a group of government officials recently visited the company's headquarters. Media turns to us immediately,' Mikael Robertsson, one of the co-founders of Flightradar24 told ABC News recently during a visit to the company's Stockholm headquarters. 'I would say that the credibility of our data has grown tremendously.