So then what was being denied by Malaysian officials has now been confirmed by U.S. officials:
The co-pilot's cell phone was on and searching for service as the plane was flying over the island of Penang.
It had to be low enough and close enough for that to have happened -- and apparently it was the only cell phone onboard that did so.
To: Uncle Chip
Presumably since the others complied with instructions to turn them off. Jets fly 5-6 miles above the earth, and cellphone signals propagate along line-of-sight paths, so theoretically could be received anywhere within the distance you could see from a window seat. Doesn’t narrow it down much, but it is another data point.
2 posted on
04/15/2014 8:14:41 AM PDT by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Uncle Chip
Cover up??
Wouldn't be surprised if Malaysian airlines dumped a couple "old" boxes in the ocean......never to be pinged again.P>That would explain the "search here"....no..."here"....no...."here"....
To: Uncle Chip
Just locate the thing. NOW.
4 posted on
04/15/2014 8:16:18 AM PDT by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Uncle Chip
See. See? See?!?
All these years, we’ve been told to turn our cell phones off after the doors to the airplane have been closed. And we grumble and comply and wonder why.
The Malaysia 370 flight co-pilot left his on.
And now look what happened.
5 posted on
04/15/2014 8:18:28 AM PDT by
kidd
To: Uncle Chip
6 posted on
04/15/2014 8:26:55 AM PDT by
Wolfie
To: Uncle Chip
rut roh,, Arent they supposed to have their phones turned off during flight?
now we know what happened...
11 posted on
04/15/2014 9:48:20 AM PDT by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: Uncle Chip
So of all the souls on that plane the co-pilot’s cell was the only one searching for service?
To: Uncle Chip
“It would be very rare in my opinion to have someone with a cell phone on in the cockpit,” safety analyst David Soucie said. “It’s never supposed to be on at all. It’s part of every check list of every airline I am familiar with.”
What an ignoramus. Sterile flight deck is required below 10,000 as well, but it is violated in someway in 9 out of 10 flights. Pilots know that a cell left on is a non-issue, so they often forget. You think we would go by the honor system for passengers if it really made a difference?
14 posted on
04/15/2014 10:16:17 AM PDT by
Tzfat
To: Revolting cat!
A technical glitch like leaving your cellphone on in flight can down a whole plane? Who knew?
15 posted on
04/15/2014 8:03:21 PM PDT by
a fool in paradise
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