[Mariner]

Well shoot, I'm not gonna sign up to the WSJ.

Does the article say how they KNOW this information?

In 4hrs they could have flown nearly 2500 miles.

[virgil]

I read in another article on Fox News that they got this information from Boeing. Apparently the engines on the plane send data to Boeing electronically.

[Solson]

The engine data is automatically being sent to Rolls Royce and Boeing.

[Therapsid]

I think it was taken...for the talented tech on board.

Who would want the smallest chip in the world manufacturing staff?

who can cloak?

who can refuel in air...cloaked.

who steals tech. without regret at the national level?

Sure is interesting.

Anyone have a line on exactly what they had?

[cynwoody]

Does the article say how they KNOW this information?

Telemetry downloads from the airplane's engines to their manufacturer, Rolls Royce, continued for five hours after takeoff. The transponder stopped transponding 41 minutes in.

[Girlene]

Here's what I found on the data. Malaysian plane sent out engine data before vanishing

The missing Malaysia Airlines jet sent at least two bursts of technical data back to the airline before it disappeared, New Scientist has learned.

..................This would suggest no concrete data is to hand. But New Scientist understands that the maker of the missing Boeing 777's Trent 800 engines, Rolls Royce, received two data reports from flight MH370 at its global engine health monitoring centre in Derby, UK, where it keeps real-time tabs on its engines in use. One was broadcast as MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the other during the 777's climb out towards Beijing.

As the engine data is filtered from a larger ACARS report covering all the plane's critical flight systems and avionics, it could mean the airline has some useful clues about the condition of the aircraft prior to its disappearance. The plane does not appear to have been cruising long enough to issue any more ACARS reports. It disappeared from radar at 1.30 AM local time, halfway between Malaysia and Vietnam over the Gulf of Thailand................

[Qiviut]

Well shoot, I’m not gonna sign up to the WSJ. Does the article say how they KNOW this information?

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Quote from the article:

“Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of five hours based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. 777’s engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.”

Side note .... if you copy the title of the article and paste it in your browser, the search will bring up links to the article where you don’t need a subscription. I saw another FReeper mention this recently & so far, it’s worked like a charm! :-)

[angcat]

Smells like bull sh— to me. What is the real story!!!

[Menehune56]

Well shoot, I'm not gonna sign up to the WSJ.

I don't think this article is behind the paywall. The whole thing came up for me anyway.

[11th Commandment]

FROM THE ARTICLE.... based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. BA -1.57% 777’s engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.