Posted on 04/01/2014 6:14:07 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) -- They were words heard around the world as investigators searched for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
Weeks ago, Malaysian authorities said the last message from the airplane cockpit was, "All right, good night."...
There's only one problem. It turns out, it wasn't true.
On Monday, Malaysia's Transport Ministry said the final voice transmission from the cockpit of Flight 370 was actually "Good night Malaysian three seven zero."
Malaysian authorities gave no explanation for the discrepancy between the two quotes. And authorities are still trying to determine whether it was the plane's pilot or copilot who said them.
The new language is routine and is not a sign that anything untoward occurred aboard the flight, said CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo.
But the change in wording weeks into the search for the missing plane raises questions about how Malaysian officials have handled the investigation.
"It speaks to credibility issues, unfortunately," Schiavo said.
"We haven't had a straight, clear word that we can have a lot of fidelity in," said Michael Goldfarb, former chief of staff at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
"We have the tragedy of the crash, we have the tragedy of an investigation gone awry and then we have questions about where we go from here."
No matter what the pilots' last words were, it's hard to understand what they mean without more details from authorities about what they said and how they said it, CNN aviation analyst Miles O'Brien told "The Lead with Jake Tapper" on Monday.
"Without the preceding information ... either the transcript or the recordings themselves, it's difficult to know what any of that really means," he said. "And that's the problem with this investigation, which has been so opaque."
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And unfortunately that appears to be what the Malaysians intend.
Mary Schiavo talking about credibility issues. Laughable.
Sounds like something a tower operator would say to the pilots. - Tom
How do the words “All right, good night” sound anything like “Good night Malaysian three seven zero”???
Are the Malaysians living in the real world???
I was thinking the same thing.
Have the Malaysians disclosed what fragrance was used in the onboard Lavatories...whether Island Breeze or Pine Nut Scent? Why are they not telling?
I’m sure CNN will be on the olfactory trail of that delicious tidbit and will introduce the aromatic answer in a Breaking News segment tonight.
<>Sounds like something a tower operator would say to the pilots.<>
Yep — it sure does.
Here is what they said the transcript was 3 weeks ago:
Exactly right. Why would the pilots say goodnight to themselves?
Actually that’s the proper call you would expect. You could put a comma after Good night. What the flight member is saying is “Good Night” and this is Malaysian three seven zero that is saying “Good night”. Otherwise the controller would have no definitive method in determining who is speaking to him if there were multiple flights on frequency. In Vietnam sometimes I would have upwards of ten or more flights of fighters on frequency and I really needed to be sure who I was speaking with.
i think the plane was made from GM parts
Also, in Malaysian is "Good night" only for the end of conversation or is it like "buenos noches" in Spanish which can be used as a greeting after dark? Although pilots speak English on international flights, their native languages' idiosyncrasies can come out.
These folks are lying through their teeth.
Me thinks Malaysia has sent everyone on a wild goose chase.
Pssst....try Pakistan. A million dollars to some controller and poof..."I saw nothing".
And yet his call all throughout on the transcript at Post 7 was consistently "This is MH370" not "Malasian 370".
Why would the sign off differ from earlier communication???
Very good point and one I overlooked. Thanks.
True - especially when being handed off to another controller. I heard transmissions from the deck such as “Hello Seattle this is United 3434” ...nothing unusual. I guess time will tell.
Give them enough time and they'll report that the real, real final voice transmission from the cockpit of Flight 370 was "Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are."
The Malaysian government doesn’t seem to be in a rush to find the plane. One would think with the batteries on the black box reaching their 30 day limit the search would be at a more frantic pace but nope. The Malays are hiding something from the world, maybe out of fear of the Chinese government, or possibly the Chinese know something too and are telling them to cool their heels.
“Sounds like something a tower operator would say to the pilots. - Tom”
Sounds like Malaysia Air is signing off from Malaysia control while being vectored to new Vietnamese airspace controllers.
The Malaysian government is lying over and over again. It is my belief that the pilot held the passengers for ransom to release the political opposition leader imprisoned for “homosexual acts” the day before this event. Captain Shah actually went to the sentencing and wore a shirt that said “Democracy is dead” . In this scenario the Malaysian government refused to comply with the release request and doomed the passengers to death. Thus the cover up.
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