At this point we know NOTHING. Even the so called data from ACARS has not been verified. Those are short bursts not all the time real time (too much bandwidth needed for that so it was not ever done). This ACARS pings come ONLY if there is something mechanically wrong to notify ground crews of what needs repair (gives them a heads up and some time to get parts together). After a;; the unnamed sources from WSJ article the so called news out was that the last ACARS ping was around 1:10am local time which was just after the last flight deck contact.
At this point no one knows anything. All the speculation does not create facts
“This ACARS pings come ONLY if there is something mechanically wrong to notify ground crews of what needs repair”
I think that depends if they are also using it for trend monitoring. In that case there are many exceedences that will also cause it to ping. If for example the aircraft were hijacked and put into a steep dive, several allowed engine parameters could have been exceeded. Likewise flying too fast too low to the ground would as well.
Don’t play by the rules and them engine manufacturers are going to make sure your power by the hour cost increases!
Agreed...speculation is not news...unless you run a news network that pretends speculation is news
There seems to be a lot of conflicting and wrong information being disseminated by government officials involved. It’s almost as if they are trying to buy time. T
There are so many odd things -
1. life raft found and then oopsie! It sunk while we were trying to haul it onto the boat and we never bothered sending a diver to retrieve it.
2. Flight paths in about 4 different directions
3. Contact by radio from another plane
4. Oil platform worker saw a fireball but no wreckage in the area..
Just very odd..