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1. Zig Zaging flight path between legitimate waypoints after transponders were turned off, plus some pronounced altitude changes suggest that Autopilot was not
by tomelders 13y ago
1. Zig Zaging flight path between legitimate waypoints after transponders were turned off, plus some pronounced altitude changes suggest that Autopilot was not engaged.
2. Pilots turned off transponders before their last communication.
- confluence 13y ago1. Waypoints far west outside of primary are conjecture. Can be explained by autopilot shutdown due to onboard emergency. 2. Not proven. ACARS can fail without pilot intervention. That's confirmation bias.