The ACARS quit, then the pilot gave his last broadcast, and then the transponder quit. The radar track toward the west was later denied by the Malaysian source, Thailand came forward with its track of an unidentified some days after the plane went missing. The seven hourly pings from an automated system that had not shut down is what was used by INMARSAT. There’s been no detection of the black box, and even assuming that it made it through, it will last perhaps 30 days, perhaps a bit longer.
<>The ACARS quit, then the pilot gave his last broadcast, and then the transponder quit.<>
quit??? without giving notice so they could file for unemployment???
The sequence of events shows that they didn’t quit — they were fired:
01:07 Last ACARS data transmission received
01:19 Last Malaysian ATC voice contact
01:21 Last secondary radar (transponder) contact
01:22 Transponder and ADS-B now off
01:30 Voice contact attempt by another aircraft, at request of Vietnam ATC; mumbling and radio static heard in reply
01:37 Missed expected half-hourly ACARS data transmission
02:11 First of seven automated hourly Classic Aero pings (handshakes) (since last ACARS transmission) via the Inmarsat-3 F1 satellite
02:15 Last primary radar contact by Malaysian military, 200 miles NW of Penang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
Please tell General Daud Rodzali to read Wikipedia to find out what his military are picking up on radar:
02:15 Last primary radar contact by Malaysian military, 200 miles NW of Penang