Wonder if somehow transponder became faulty or was turned off? Of course this is not a full explanation and is probably not even the beginning of an explanation.
I wonder if the Muslim pilot put the plane into a fatal dive, yelling “Allahu akbar” just like another one did some years ago.
The plane that crashed had its wing smashed up on a runway a few years ago.
This would seem to imply something was wrong in the cockpit and the pilots weren’t following procedure.
yeah that was kind of my thought.... static, garbled, co-pilot voice.... then nothing.... I still tend to think Alluah Akbar
At 1:30 , 50 minutes into the flight, they already into Vietnam airspace. According to the reports, they fly another 1 hour and 10 minutes, approx 450 nm.
“There were a lot of interference... static... but I heard mumbling from the other end.”
Mumbling? As in someone not speaking clearly or does he really mean not mumbling, but distorted due to the interference?
That would make debris searching simpler.
Anyone else's hairs stand up reading that?
I saw a report online that N. Korea had test fired a missile in that general direction...but haven’t seen any more about this. Is that still possible?
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the EgyptAir flight 990 accident is the airplane’s departure from normal cruise flight and subsequent impact with the Atlantic Ocean as a result of the relief first officer’s flight control inputs. The reason for the relief first officer’s actions was not determined.
The blackbox recordings indicate that Rushdy had left his first-class seat and entered the cockpit. But as soon as he left, el-Batouty, who was supposed to fly the second five-hour section of the flight, entered the cockpit and ordered a younger first officer out of his chair.
Saying “I rely on God”, he switched off the auto-pilot and pushed the plane into a dive.
Captain Ahmed el-Habashi, who had been out of the cockpit managed to struggle back in, and shouted: “What’s happening, Gamil? What’s happening?” El-Batouty said again “I rely on God,” and shut down the fuel to both engines.
Habishi shouted: “What is this? Did you shut the engines?” and grabbed the controls. “Pull with me! Pull with me!” he screamed.
The plane, which had been in a nosedive, then soared back up to 24,000 feet, but lost all power and broke up from the stress.
(The article says that this was his last flight because he was being fired for sexual misconduct, and his boss was onboard, so he took the plane down partly in revenge)
I suspect Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Extremely rugged. Very remote. Days out as opposed to debris that should have been detected by now in their coastal waters.
satellites should be picking up the ELT signals.
Phu Quoc Triangle
It wasn’t the pilot. He had a twitter, seems as normal as can be.
This is a false report.
@AntDeRosa Officials says report that another pilot established contact with missing #MH370 is false
If there was a struggle inside the cockpit, any communication may have switched from English to native languages which may have been misinterpreted as mumbling.
There should be a recorded transcript of this communication you would think?