Posted on 03/17/2014 9:58:08 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
Thank you for that.
It makes sense.
Seems reasonable, thanks for the link.
Cutting the datalink would not have been easy. Instructions are not in the Flight Crew Operating Manual, one pilot said.Am I being unnecessarily sensitive or this information something that should not be disclosed publicly to terrorists observing this incident through news reports?Whoever did so may have had to climb through a trap door in full view of cabin crew, people familiar with the jet say.
Circuit-breakers used to disable the system are in a bay reached through a hatch in the floor next to the lefthand front exit, close to a galley used to prepare meals.
Most pilots said it would be impossible to turn off ACARS from inside the cockpit, though two people did not rule it out.
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