Disappearance of Flight MH 370 events
Disappearance of Flight MH 370 theories
Disappearance of Flight MH 370
Radar and satelite data
On press conference the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, declared that due to newly acquired data the search efforts in South China Sea were stopped. What were the new discoveries? The radar systems of Malaysian armed forces provided new direction for the investigation, a direction no one was really expecting.
Last known position of Boeing was at 01:21 local time over the Gulf of Thailand, at which point the aircraft turned westwards, heading towards the Strait of Malacca, and then the transponder signal was lost. Also radar tracking data suggested that the aircraft descended from 35,000 feet to 12,000 feet and flew towards the Southern Thailand Islands (Andaman Coast) of Phuket, and was last plotted heading north-west along the coast of Sumatra.
On request from Vietnamese air traffic control the captain of another aircraft attempted to reach the crew of Flight 370 about 1:30 using the international distress frequency. The captain said he was able to establish contact, but just heard "mumbling" and static.
At 2:25 local time the aircraft’s satellite communication system sent a "log-on request" message. After logging onto the network, the satellite data unit aboard the aircraft responded to hourly status requests from Inmarsat, with the final request and aircraft acknowledgement occurring at 08:10 local time. The aircraft sent a log-on request at 8:19, which is the last piece of information about Flight 370. In next status request from Inmarsat at 9:15 there was no answer...
On 15 March 2014, based on military radar data and radio "pings" between the aircraft and an Inmarsat satellite, investigators concluded that the aircraft had diverted from its intended course and headed west across the Malay Peninsula towards India, then continued on a northern or southern track for around seven hours. Those informations proved searching in the South China Sea pointless.
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