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This just keeps getting weirder March 12, 2014 10:51 pm podrock

From the Wall Street Journal:

“Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of five hours based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground…”

Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours

I was reading a message board for pilots, and there were questions about the “Engine Data”, and it was never clear to me what that was. Now I know.

What’s going on here?

(EDIT: Link to http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines-mh370-contact-lost.html. Go to the last page for the most recent posts.)

  • That can't be right. by ER 2014-03-14 13:04:24
    • I'm not buying it either. by podrock 2014-03-14 16:04:56
      • Well, that's 2 misdirects from th Chinese by SteveS 2014-03-15 05:32:41
        • Yeah, and now they're sending two warships to the Straits of Malacca to aid in the search. by ER 2014-03-15 11:04:15
    • Chinese scientists observe 'seismic event' on sea floor by SteveS 2014-03-14 07:19:06
      • My guess is this will all turn out to be tragic, but highly ordinary. by ER 2014-03-13 16:24:57
        • "...we threw a dummy over the side..." by mcfly 2014-03-14 10:37:41
          • Self-deprecating humor. by RobVG 2014-03-15 10:08:08
            • I don't know, man--that was the OLD Navy. by ER 2014-03-14 11:20:51
          • What's weird to me is... by SteveS 2014-03-13 05:16:03
            • Hypoxia? by podrock 2014-03-14 16:11:53
              • With a loss in cabin pressure, by ER 2014-03-14 19:15:49
                • It seems to be a primary theory on the pilots' message board ... by podrock 2014-03-14 19:29:39
              • Is there cell service in mid-ocean? by ER 2014-03-13 09:28:14
                • There's satellite phones and planes have built-in phones by SteveS 2014-03-13 16:03:23
              • This might be old news. by bowser 2014-03-13 04:30:23

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