Posted on 07/01/2014 6:55:01 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Investigators probing the disappearance of Flight MH370 have discovered possible new evidence of tampering with the plane's cockpit equipment which experts believe could be part of an attempt to avoid radar detection ....
A report released by Australian air crash investigators shows that the missing Boeing 777 suffered a mysterious power outage during the early stages of its flight ....
The plane's satellite data unit made an unexpected "log-on" request to a satellite less than 90 minutes into its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, according to the report.
The report says the log-on request - known as a "handshake" - appears likely to have been caused by an interruption of electrical power on board the plane, which experts believe could be part of an attempt to avoid radar detection.
"A log-on request in the middle of a flight is not common," the report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said.
"An analysis was performed which determined that the characteristics and timing of the logon requests were best matched as resulting from power interruption," the report was quoted by the British daily as saying.
David Gleave, an aviation safety expert from Loughborough University, said the interruption to the power supply appeared to be the result of someone in the cockpit attempting to minimise the use of the aircraft's systems.
The action, he said, was consistent with an attempt to turn the plane's communications and other systems off in an attempt to avoid radar detection.
"A person could be messing around in the cockpit which would lead to a power interruption," he was quoted as saying....
"By messing about within the cockpit you could switch off the power temporarily and switch it on again when you need the other systems to fly the aeroplane," Gleave said....
(Excerpt) Read more at ndtv.com ...
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/
The initial claim by Malaysia:
“Malaysia Airlines said that the plane took off at 12.41am [16:41] Malaysian time and that it disappeared from air traffic control radar in Subang at 2.40am [18:40].”
“air traffic control radar”??? Military radar had already lost it at 18:22 and they were tracking it. Is ATC radar better than their military radar?
Look where it would have been at 18:40 — already west of Banda Aceh and already heading south. Are they referring to the unanswered call at 18:39?
Either way it appears that the pilot’s deceptive maneuver was successful in misleading the Malaysians as they missed the turn south completely and thought the plane continued on the northwest heading and went into the Bay of Bengal.
And Malaysian authorities are still in the dark.
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.
The Flight of the MH370 [2] from page 3 [or 8] of the report:
16:41 — Kuala Lumpur Airport N2.73E101.71 — Takeoff.[0]
17:19 — Tansponder and ACARS dismantled. Start of turnaround at IGARI N6.92E103.58 northeast through N7E103.7 [325 miles]
17:22 — N7.2E103.7 — Turnaround complete after 3 minutes and 25 miles and now heading west. [+25 miles]
17:51 — Penang Island N5.3E100.3 [+268 miles] followed by a turn to the northwest.
18:22 — N6.6E96.3 — Heading northwest from Penang Island. Malaysian military loses radar contact with plane at this point. [+289 miles]
After travelling the last hour from the turnaround averaging 557mph [268+289] with a turn at Penang Island pilot cuts power to nonessential systems to evade radar, takes it off autopilot, and begins to fly manually slowing down in preparation for an upcoming turn. This probably cut air/oxygen to passenger compartment causing hypoxia for all but the pilot.
18:25 — Log On Request automatically sent to satellite to restore power just cut 3 minutes earlier but it takes 4 more minutes for the power to kick back on.
18:29 — N6.85E95.45 Turning Point Southwest. Plane flown manually for 7 minutes averaging 530mph for 61 miles and then the power kicks back in at this point after it turns South. [+61 miles]
—— — 968 total miles from takeoff to here
18:39 — Unanswered ground to air telephone call #1. Was it triggered by Log On Request??
19:41 — S2E93 — 634 miles @528mph Another smaller turn south required here.
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.
—— — 3210 miles from takeoff to here
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 3955 miles.
24:11b — S30E97.5 — 527 miles @351mph [eastward and slower speed to center of the search area]. Total to this point 3737 miles.
24:11c — S27.5E100 — 583 miles @389mph [eastward and slower speed to northeast part of search area]. Total to this point 3793 miles.
24:19 — Log On Request — last communication — power off at end of flight.
From page 2 or 7 of the report:
<>At 1725 the aircraft deviated from the flight-planned route<>
Let’s see what that would mean:
16:41 — Kuala Lumpur Airport N2.73E101.71 — Takeoff.[0]
17:19 — Tansponder and ACARS dismantled.
17:22 — N7E103.7 [8 miles ne of IGARI N6.92E103.58] Last radar contact. [325 miles]
17:25 — N7.3E103.9 Aircraft deviates from flight-planned route and begins turnaround [+25 miles]
17:28 — N7.2E103.7 — Turnaround completed and now heading west to Penang. [+25 miles]
—— — Penang Island N5.3E100.3 [+268 miles] followed by a turn to the northwest.
18:22 — N6.6E96.3 — Heading northwest from Penang Island. Malaysian military loses radar contact with plane at this point. [+289 miles]
This would mean that it would have had to fly 557 miles [269+289] in only 54 minutes at a speed of 641mph — and that with a turn at Penang — and that is just not possible.
The Turn: North versus South:
If heading North a turn at 18:29 would not have been critical or necessary, but heading South such a turn would have been, as well as the earliest possible point when such a turn could have successfully been made to get around Sumatra and and evade Indonesian radar.
If heading North the plane could have continued on its westnorthwest heading for another 2 hours and 1100 miles to the Bay of Bengal when at any point it could then have turned North. In doing so it would not have been able to hit any of the Inmarsat arcs. This is the way Malaysian officials thought it went after their fruitless search in the South China Sea. The pilot’s maneuver at 18:22 to go dark and evade their radar was thus successful at conning them — and they are still reeling from it.
If it went North from N6.85E95.45 @18:29 to N34E82 @22:41 hitting the arcs along the way, it would have flown 2062 miles @491mph average with only that 1 turn of ~30 degrees at 1829.
But turning South at that point to its 2241 intersection is 2242 miles @534mph average with 2 turns: the first a big turn of ~90 degrees at 18:29 and the second lesser turn at 1941 of ~30 degrees.
Cruising speed of a Boeing777 is ~580mph. MH370 averages 557mph until the turn but then slows after the turn to 491mph North versus 534mph South.
Both require change in speed and/or direction at 22:41 to hit the 2411 arc. If it slowed down at 22:41 on the same heading it would hit Almaty Kazakistan N43.28E76.89 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaty at 24:11 after another 693 miles @462mph average.
The speed factor, the autopilot factor, the radar factor, the satellite location factor, and the maneuver at 18:22 followed by Log On Request at 18:25 adn then the frequency burst at 18:29 all point to the turn South —
Nothing points North —
Near-conclusive evidence that Malaysia Airlines MH370 was hijacked: cockpit tampering deliberately hid plane from radar
<>The final ATC (secondary) radar fix occurred at 1722 — At 1725 the aircraft deviated from the flight-planned route — The final primary radar fix occurred at 1822 (Figure 2)<>
16:41 — Takeoff at Kuala Lumpur Airport N2.73E101.71.
17:19 — Tansponder and ACARS dismantled. Last radio communication with pilot.
17:22 — N7E103.7 [NE of waypoint IGARI] Last ATC radar contact. [325 miles]
17:25 — N7.3E103.9 Aircraft deviates from flight-planned route and begins turnaround. [+25 miles]
17:28 — N7.2E103.7 — Turnaround completed and now heading west to Penang. [+25 miles]
17:54 — Penang Island N5.3E100.3 [+268 miles] Co-pilot’s cellphone connected with a cell tower here. Turns to the NW.
18:22 — N6.6E96.3 — Heading NW from Penang Island. [+289 miles] Malaysian military tracks it to here and then loses radar contact with plane at this point as pilot cuts electrical power and goes dark to evade radar. Averaging 619mph ground speed from turnaround — with an easterly wind. Continues manually another 72 miles at same speed and heading.
18:25 — Log On Request to restore power.
18:29 — After 7 minutes and 72 miles pilot turns SSW at ~N6.9E95.3 toward the satellite’s SW geo-position.
—— — Total miles to here: 1004 miles [325 + 25 + 25 and then 268 + 289 + 72].
Power to the autopilot and other systems restored after the turn.
18:39 — Unanswered ground to air telephone call #1.
19:41 — S2E93 — 635 miles @529mph with another smaller adjustment to South.
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.
—— — Total miles to here: 3247 miles [1004 + 2243]
23:14 — Unanswered ground to air telephone call #2.
24:11a — S36E90.5 — 745 miles @496mph [same direction but slower speed]. Total to this point would be 3992 miles.
24:11b — S30E97.5 — 527 miles @351mph [eastward and slower speed to center of the search area]. Total to this point would be 3774 miles.
24:11c — S27.5E100 — 583 miles @389mph [eastward and slower speed to northeast part of search area]. Total to this point 3830 miles.
24:19 — Log On Request — last satellite communication — power off at end of flight.
Reminds me of a scene from one of the “Airplane” movies.
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