Yep, I am watching..that Fox News Contributor thinks that the plane might have landed in Iran or Pakistan..the passengers are most likely dead, evoke Hypoxia on them and they are gone within minutes, meanwhile people in the cockpit are able to continue flying without any difficulty..Also, a question, hearing about how four hours into the flight someone turned off the signal to the satellite and that involves going into the bowel of the plane..how the heck does someone get down there?
Also, a question, hearing about how four hours into the flight someone turned off the signal to the satellite and that involves going into the bowel of the plane..how the heck does someone get down there?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3133430/posts?page=1#1
There are 14 different levels of either data or voice communication systems on the 777. To disable most of them, a skilled operator would have to leave the cockpit, lift a rug behind the cockpit door, open a floor hatch, descend a four step ladder into the electronics bay below the cockpit. The circuit breakers are labeled, including the ACARS breaker. However, there is a second unlabeled ACARS breaker that only trained service techs would know about.
These are all highly intentional acts requiring training that pilots aren’t given, or would care about.
The only point to disabling so many systems would be to hide the bearing of the aircraft from ground radar and the radar of other aircraft.
Regarding the military radar tracking that showed extreme changes in altitude, some military radars can track the altitude of a “non-cooperative” target. However, tracking is imprecise at longer ranges due to the very narrow vertical beam width broadcast.
The 777 is certified to about FL430 so FL450 is flyable but the decompression would cause most passengers to pass out. In my opinion the pilot did so to stop an attempt by passengers to retake the cabin. The pilot can also dump the cabin pressure and a few minutes at that altitude would kill nearly everyone in the cabin.
Good question. .apparently there is access from inside the plane.
Interesting theory that the westward direction was a ruse ..then went dark and flew somewhere else altogether. .