If that is the case, they probably would have sent a distress signal.
None was sent.
No message sent from flight 911. We know what happened due to witness on ground and a 8mm film of the event as it happened from inside the aircraft.
The number one rule for pilots is Fly the Airplane First. Comms are a distant third .
There’s a problem with that—they were too far out to sea to be in radar or VHF radio contact with anybody. Their only voice contact would be via HF, and anybody who’s listened to shortwave or gotten a ham radio license can tell you that HF is somewhere between unreliable and useless around thunderstorms. Even if they had had the time to try and call for help on HF, there’s a chance that they wouldn’t have been heard. Aircraft on ocean crossings call ATC on HF, and apparently it’s not unusual for those calls to be missed and for aircraft to be out of contact for an hour or two.
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I fit was a bomb, they probably wouldn’t have had time to send a distress signal.