Posted on 03/12/2014 10:17:35 PM PDT by kristinn
Malaysian Airline System Bhd opted out of a Boeing Co service to collect real-time performance data from jets like Flight 370 for use in planning maintenance, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The carrier harvests the same information itself, said the person, who asked not to be identified because Flight 370 is under investigation.
Boeing pulls in that information to mine data and help airlines spot mechanical faults early, providing carriers another window on their operations.
“It’s like having a cell phone right next to your desk next to your landline,” Greenberg, who is now a Chicago-based consultant, said in a telephone interview.
Boeing taps the same computer data via satellite links for subscribers to its service.
Rolls Royce, received two data reports from flight MH370 at its global engine health monitoring centre in Derby, UK, where it keeps real-time tabs on its engines in use. One was broadcast as MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the other during the 777's climb out towards Beijing.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25201-malaysian-plane-sent-out-engine-data-before-vanishing.html#.UyFH0dxaREw
Seems I remember correctly it was a slow leak and the passengers on Payne Stewart’s plane all went to sleep gradually.
the information would have been relayed to satellites.
it should have been recorded by multiple satellites, thereby revealing position by triangulation
why the RR info sent doesn’t carry along with it a timestamp and location is boggling to be. in this day and age, if you’re sending a live data stream ... where and when are key
Another possibility is that the RR system sent a report when the engines ran out of fuel in flight. That should generate data reports as the engines fail.
That would mean a crash wherever it ran out of fuel.
Thanks Drago for the link to the New Scientist article. Only two ACARS uploads without any further updates after the last confirmed position of the plane is consistent with all of the other *known* facts. No further updates also directly contradict this WSJ article assertion that the plane flew on for another few hours based on engine data from “two people familiar with the details” (a.k.a. anonymous sources). This WSJ “report” looks like very sloppy journalism.
They caught glimpses of something. I am not sure if they know what they saw on radar.
As search for MH370 continues, police take close look at Uighur passenger, crew
March 13, 2014 - UPDATED: March 13, 2014 12:51 pm
Snippet... An unnamed source had told the daily that Malaysian police and Interpol are focusing their attention on this man because of the skills he possessed
You mean like every sports team in the world?
So they have been looking at him while everyone else is looking in the ocean. lol One thing for sure whatever the out come, you can bet you heard it discussed here at sometime in the last few days.
just trolling the headlines...
Malaysia hires witch doctor to find missing plane
(pix at link with caption...) Ibrahim Mat Zin (centre), a well-known bomoh or shaman, holds two coconuts as he performs a ritual to help find the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
The ACARS discussion was introduced by a Freeper, not the article. That does not necessarily indicated sloppy reporting. It seems clear that US inspectors are referring to something different.
Wow.
It really sounds like the plane was hijacked. That either it landed on land in some distant location or it was taken to deep water to bury it.
While AHM data uses the ACARS system, it’s not the data dumps you’re referring to. They’re two different things using the same radio system. So, there really isn’t a conflict between the reporting of there being two aircraft data dumps, and the several hours of ongoing AHM data transmissions.
“I find it a little unusual that any company, large or small, would allow 20 of its employees to travel on the same plane.”
The NFL and MLB, plus countless others do it all the time.
I did NOT say that this WSJ “report” was based on ACARS data!!! And yes, the WSJ did NOT even bother to identify where their anonymous source for this engine data came from… which helps prove my point that this WSJ article IS sloppy journalism.
But, I did read the Marketwatch version of the WSJ article instead (thanks ElkGroveDan post #14):
And also read post #112 (thanks again Drago!)
Are we up now?
Evidently. Withdrawal symptoms noted.
Looks like! Whew!
Maybe this is a recording?
” the transponder was switched off”
That doesn’t mean the RADAR did not see the airplane.
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