The Flight of the MH370 plugging in the new info from the report:
16:41 — KLA N2.73E101.71 to points of turnaround — IGARI [17:19] then to N7E103.5 [17:21] Transponder and ACARS dismantled. [325 miles]
17:21 — N7E103.5 — begins heading west to Penang Island.
17:49 — N5.3E100.3 — Penang Island [250 miles] then turns NW.
18:22 — N6.6E96.3 — [289 miles]. The point where Malaysian military radar had last contact with plane possibly because power was cut there, plane came off autopilot, and went dark to thwart what radar there might be in preparation for his upcoming turn. Begins flying manually for the next 7 minutes.
18:25 — Log On Request automatically activates to restore power just cut 3 minutes. With power off would this be where hypoxia overcomes everyone onboard but the pilot???
18:29 — N6.85E95.45 [Turning Point South] Plane flown manually for 7 minutes and 61 miles to this point with power off and then the power kicks back in at this point for its turn South. [From 17:21 to 18:29 — 600 miles [250+289+61] averaging 530mph].
18:39 — Unanswered ground to air telephone call #1. Was it triggered by Log On Request??
19:41 — S2E93 — 634 miles @528mph
20:41 — S9.75E92.5 — 536 miles @536mph
21:41 — S17.5E92 — 536 miles @536mph
22:41 — S25.25E91.5 — 536 miles @536mph Autopilot disengaged at about this point to change speed and/or direction.
23:14 — Unanswered ground to air telephone call #2. Was it triggered by a Log On Request that’s not listed???
24:11a — S36E90.5 — 745 miles @496mph [same direction but slower speed]. Total to this point 3895 miles.
24:11b — S30E97.5 — 527 miles @351mph [eastward and slower speed to center of the search area]. Total to this point 3677 miles.
24:11c — S27.5E100 — 583 miles @389mph [eastward and slower speed to northeast part of search area]. Total to this point 3733 miles.
24:19 — Log On Request — last communication — power off at end of flight.
There is an outside chance that those differing ground speed MPH *COULD* be the same in-the-air MACH numbers, based on different winds and altitudes.
Dunno.
Verification certified — the Malysian high command denies it:
MH370: Electrical power outage claim not verified, says Hisham
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/01/MH370-Hishammuddin/
From page 3 or 8:
If the turnaround began at IGARI N6.92E103.58 and ran through N7E103.7 and around to N7.2E103.7 as it turned north and then west, it would have taken about 25 miles and 3 minutes.
If the heading west then is measured from N7.2E103.7 at 17:22 to Penang Island N5.3E100.3, the distance is 268 miles, meaning that it would have reached 18:22 after 557 miles in 60 minutes and that is pretty fast especially with a turn at Penang.
The 530mph is thus very conservative and even at that speed makes one wonder about all the altitude changes that were supposed to have taken place.