Is that a fact up to this point?
No, not a fact, but likely. Ping analysis from Inmarsat based on the Dopler effect indicates, according to Inmasat, that the plane crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
I think that they just spun a beer bottle and where it stopped is where they think it went, too controversial this new procedure, never been fully tested, and if they are wrong their stock will tank. Did they just get a major new contract or “bribe”?