the cell pinged in to a tower in Penang 200 nautical miles away from the flight’s off-radar location
About all I can add to your post, Uncle Chip, is a little tidbit that the MAS approved cell provider is Firefly, not sure if it’s their telecom tower.
Also, that the co-pilot, Fariq, communicated with head stewardess Goh Sock Lay, age 45, at 11:30pm. Some articles I’m reading says that he called a ‘regular contact’, but then I wonder if Goh was the one called, why a young man about to get engaged would have a regular contact with a 45yo.
The last communication on pilot Shah’s phone was at 7:45pm.
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/call-traced-to-co-pilot-s-phone-1.562612
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-mh370-tragedy-font-hishammuddin-gov-t-can-t-confirm-reports-without-verification-1.563609
<>The last communication on pilot Shah’s phone was at 7:45pm.<>
Would that be this call:
The captain of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 received a two-minute call shortly before take-off from a mystery woman using a mobile phone number obtained under a false identity.
Somehow 5 hours before takeoff doesn’t sound like “shortly before takeoff”.
Are they hiding another call?? I thought I read where he took this call from the cockpit shortly before takeoff.