There certainly is a resettable breaker per power consumer, but not necessarily per every little function. The control panel surface is not infinite. If a pilot is not perfectly aware of what system he is messing with, he'd be well advised to not touch that breaker. An airmchair pilot (terrorist) may not know such details. One needs a user's manual on 777 to find out exactly what breaker would control that function, and whether it is also controlling something else that the pilot would rather not disable.
I don’t disagree, but certainly the trained Malaysian pilots would have known to be able to access the flight manuals and pull any breakers desired, or disabling larger groups of functions. Maybe terrorist-types could negotiate some of those hurdles.
There is new info about apparent phugoid oscillations (in the cookie corner) that suggest either lack of control, or unskilled control. What I’m catching here on a monitor at the Y is wildly entertainment-oriented and less than informative. Hopefully I’ll get a fuller set of details soon.
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Luckily, you have a fully trained muslim pilot, who also has a 777 simulator in his home. Great place to practice evasive routes, figure fuel burn to alternate locations, and what luck! He would have access to such a manual that you suggest.
I would also like to know if they took on excess fuel before launch. Typically 10% of excess fuel is wasted hauling it's own weight around, so airlines are keen to fuel more accurately for the weight, distance, weather, etc. and IFR reserves for each leg or cycle of a flight, so they don't waste the cost of excess fuel load. A bunch of excess fuel over what was needed for the particular mission would certainly implicate the pilot in whatever plot.
That is a key piece of info I've not seen anywhere.
I've been reading elsewhere theories about the company that had all the employees on board, fast-something or other. They were developing very interesting electronics. Also, four of the five patent holders for some product of this company that held the potential to earn billions... were on board. Leaving ONE patent holder, and a huge incentive to disappear the rest. AND the patent was just approved. One owner stands to suddenly get very rich.