Posted on 03/13/2014 12:40:02 AM PDT by hamboy
agreed.... so much of this whole thing is just plain nuts.... but it is what happens when we rely on dictatorships for any information
the one thing I predict is that it will not end well
It's not me reporting it, it's the WSJ. Reading comprehension!.
Your example of programability is for one of the crucial data sets that are looked at... take off, climb, approach, landing.
That's what I said, for whatever the company programs it to transmit. And also for engine data -- though it turns out Malaysia Air didn't buy that package, according to the WSJ in another article. But RR
It is NOT a real time black box mime
Deciphering that crude syntax I think you mean the box doesn't transmit continuous real time DFDR data. I never said it did -- I said the opposite, and gave the reason why.
Malaysia Airlines' missing jet transmitted its location repeatedly to satellites over the course of five hours after it disappeared from radar, people briefed on the matter said...
WSJ: Satellite Data Reveal Route of Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane Jetliner 'Pinged' Satellites With Location, Altitude for Hours After Disappearance
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 777s satellite-communication link, and not from data sent by the planes Rolls-Royce engines to Rolls Royce, as was earlier incorrectly reported. Our report has been corrected.
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