The WSJ has been denied by Malaysian authorities and Rolls said its last bit of data was received at 1:07am shortly after the last voice contact. Boeing has not commented.
There is no point in arguing about any of this. All we know is 1) there is a plane missing and 2) it will not end well. Beyond that we know NOTHING and speculation and rumor does no one any good
As I said Malaysian Airlines didn't buy the data package. The pings didn't go to anyone in Malaysia, so they aren't in a position to comment. Not that I trust them anyway after a military official there said they had tracked the airplane to the Malacca Straits, then recanted! The fact that Boeing won't (officially) comment underscores the sensitivity of the information.
There is no point in arguing about any of this. All we know is 1) there is a plane missing and 2) it will not end well. Beyond that we know NOTHING and speculation and rumor does no one any good
Well of course, it's speculation. But we are all FRiends here and that's what friends do, right? It's interesting to bounce theories off each other to narrow down the possibilities. It's a great mystery, any way you look at it, and it's becoming more political as time progresses, it seems, judging from the behavior of the various countries involved.
That's how the folks at Inmarsat PLC know how long the airplane was functioning long after secondary radar tracking was discontinued.
The Wall Street Journal confirms its report that U.S. investigators suspect Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for up to four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location. The Journal has since learned, however, that this belief is based on an analysis of signals sent through the Boeing 777’s satellite-communication link, and not from data sent by the plane’s Rolls-Royce engines to Rolls Royce, as was earlier incorrectly reported. Our report has been corrected.