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Can an aviation expert decipher the following data? MH370/MAS370 Boing 777-2H6ER Registration 9M-MRO Altitude 0ft Speed 471 kt Track 40° Vertical

by frik 13y ago

Can an aviation expert decipher the following data? MH370/MAS370 Boing 777-2H6ER Registration 9M-MRO Altitude 0ft Speed 471 kt Track 40° Vertical Speed 0 fpm Lattitude: 6.97 Longitude: 103.63 Radar: F-WMKC1 Squawk: 2157 source: http://www.flightradar24.com/2014-03-07/16:46/12x/MAS370/2d81a27#./2d81a27?&_suid=139439012725505032063548222576 http://www.flightradar24.com/2014-03-07/16:46/12x/MAS370/2d8... That particular airplane was delivered new to Malaysia Airlines in May 2002 and was involved in a ground mishap in 2012. While taxiing at Shanghai's Pudong airport, its wingtip hit the tail of another aircraft. According to an independent accident-tracking site, the damage suffered by the Boeing 777 was "substantial.": http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=147571 http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=147571

yock 13y ago
Probably an incomplete or corrupt report. It would be an incredible coincidence of timing for the system to produce a location data point precisely at the moment that the aircraft hit the water and before the system was destroyed. This is probably an incomplete report when aircraft left the coverage area or if the system malfunctioned mid-air and mid-transmission.
tuxguy 13y ago
from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/world/asia/malaysia-airlin... "Malaysia Airlines confirmed that the missing aircraft had been involved in a collision with another plane in 2012 at the Shanghai airport that resulted in damage to the Malaysian aircraft’s wingtip. But the airline said the wing was repaired by Boeing and declared safe to fly."