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I don’t have WJ access reporting was cruising at altitude for 5 hours
Missing Flight Left Data Trail
Jetliner ‘Pinged’ Satellites With Location, Altitude for Hours After Disappearance
By JON OSTROWER, ANDY PASZTOR and JULIAN E. BARNES CONNECT
Updated March 13, 2014 8:43 p.m. ET
Communication satellites received intermittent data “pings” from a missing Malaysia Airlines jet, giving the plane’s location, speed and altitude for at least five hours after it disappeared from civilian radar screens, people briefed on the investigation said Thursday.
The final satellite ping was sent from over water, at what one of these people called a “normal” cruising altitude. The people declined to say where specifically the transmission originated, adding that it was unclear why the...