Posted on 05/22/2016 11:03:29 AM PDT by GilGil
[snip] A commercial pilot with a major European airline told The Telegraph that other parts of the data log suggested that windows in the right side of the cockpit were blown out by an explosion inside the aircraft... The data was taken from the plane's Acars system, which sends short transmissions from the aircraft to receivers on the ground. Until investigators find the aircraft's black boxes, which are still missing in the Mediterannean, the Acars offers the best sens on what was happening aboard... That does not mean the explosion came from the cockpit but indicates the right side of the plane was more badly damaged than the left. The pilot suggested the smoke detectors may have been triggered not fire but by fog which filled the cabin as it lost air pressure in the moments after the explosion... [/snip]
According to the Guardian
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/579183-egyptair-804-disappears-radar-paris-cairo-2.html
‘EgyptAir says that the planes emergency devices (possibly an emergency locator transmitter or beacon) sent a distress signal that was received at 4.26am, some two hours after the previously stated last radar contact.’
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You turn 90 degrees to deconflict with other aircraft. It gets you out of the established airway, so if you are radio out you don’t have to worry about aircraft coming the other way, or traveling near you.
bttt
“Notice no one is bragging for their organization?”
Uncertainty is the greatest terror.
What I remember from a LONG time ago about no radio distress signal is flying a 2 minute leg after the 90* turn, then a series of 3 X 120* turns at 2 minute intervals. After performing 2 triangles, resume regular flight path for 5 minutes, then repeat the distress signal.
In a jet, the interval is reduced to one minute per leg.
This information is NOT gospel, as I said it’s from memory of pre-flight school 40+ years ago.
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