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From page 32 of the report:

N7E95 [point of turn south] to S17.5E92 on the 2141 Arc is 1704 miles over 3:12 @ 532.5mph. Fine

Along that same line from S17.5E92 to S25E91 on the 2241 Arc is 522 miles @ 522mph. Fine

However along that same line to the 2411 Arc @ S37.5E87.5 is 887 miles meaning it would have had to average 591.3mph over the last 1.5 hours. That’s not autopilot and it’s also not likely.

But if he veered eastward toward Perth at about the 2241 Arc he could have hit the center of the search area of the 2411 Arc @ S30E97.5 in 1.5 hours after 527 miles at as slow as 350mph.

Either way it appears that a change of speed and/or direction was made at ~22:41 — coming off of autopilot for those changes to be made at that time.

Thus there had to be somebody alive at that time to make those changes to the autopilot.

Everyone else may have died of hypoxia before that but there was a live person making those course changes in the cockpit @ ~22:41 at the end of the flight.


51 posted on 06/28/2014 3:56:43 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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The likely flight south through the Arcs:

18:25 — 4 minutes SE of N7E95 travelling @542mph

18:29 — N7E95 [point of turn south]

19:41 — S2E93 — 637 miles @ 531mph

20:41 — S9.75E92.5 — 536 miles @536mph

21:41 — S17.5E92 — 536 miles @536mph

22:41 — S25E91 — 522 miles @522mph [point of turn to east toward Perth]

24:11 — S30E97.5 — 527 miles @351mph [center of search area]
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24:11 — S37.5E87.5 — 887 miles @591mph [continuation south]


52 posted on 06/28/2014 9:56:12 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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