[2014] Most plausible explanation of mystery of Malasyian Flight 370

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MH370 News: Man to Search 'New Bermuda Triangle' Where Plane Spotted on Google Earth
From ampproject.org/ Express/ News/ World/ express.co.uk.cdn

"A MAN is to trek a Cambodian jungle in search of the missing MH370 after a plane was spotted on Google Maps in a mysterious zone home to downed planes - dubbed the new Bermuda Triangle.

London-based Ian Wilson believes he spotted the plane on his Google App stranded 60 miles west of Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh.

He will embark on the journey through the jungle with Cambodian soldiers on a mission through mountains to the north west of Phnom Penh.

Mr Wilson will also be joined by his brother Jackie on the excursion leaving from London Heathrow on Tuesday.

Mr Wilson told Daily Star Online: "I'm excited. A real worry was not having anyone skilled taking us in, and going in on our own.

"But I'll leave it to the experts. They seem really helpful at the moment. I think we'll get as close as we can before we start climbing."

Experts have discredited the sighting, certain the image show a large aircraft simply caught in mid flight passing over the jungle.

If the image does turn out to be a plane wreckage the area could be an aircraft graveyard in the formation of the a new Bermuda Triangle, a loosely-defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

The plane’s location would mean that a triangular shape could be drawn between the aircraft and two other planes that crashed in the region.

In 1997 two people died when a short-haul Cessna 208 Caravan flight crashed into mountains near Kampong Chhnang some 86 miles east of Mr Wilson’s sighting....."

Mr Wilson believes this is the missing MH370 (Image: getty)


Richard

 

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MH370 Search Halted as Wreckage Hunter 'Almost Killed' in Dangerous Path
By Suman Varandani/ World/ International Business Times/ ibtimes.com

"The search operation led by British investigator Ian Wilson who claimed to have found missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Google Maps in Cambodia had to be halted due to the dangers on the path. Ian and his brother Jack had set off on a five-mile mission through the Cambodian jungle this week to locate the wreckage of the plane.

However, they had to abort the search operation as the route was allegedly very dangerous and could cost them their lives. The duo had used local guides to take them close to the Pursat Province border — four miles north of the Phnom Aoral peak, where Ian believes the plane is located.

"We couldn’t do it from where we went from. It is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Our guides reached a point and couldn’t go any further," Ian told the Daily Star. "They got to a waterfall and then did the 'we can’t do more' sign. Jack and I couldn’t understand it, we weren’t too happy but we were also exhausted from carrying the bags."

"We’ve picked up injuries, many falls and climbs that were really painful. My feet are destroyed, I have knee sprains. But I'm really proud of Jack... Both of us had to cross around 20 waterfalls, we fell most of the time and we were lucky to not kill ourselves on the boulders and get swept away in the current," he added.

Ian and Jack arrived in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, on Tuesday before their journey to Chrok La Eang Waterfalls — a tourist hotspot. They then were scheduled to embark on the five-mile journey to Ian's Google coordinates.

"Bruised and battered, it was a hell of an effort. I just wish we’d gone from the waterfall as planned but things didn’t go to plan. No one speaks English at all. I’m proud we got as far as we did after all the let downs, we can hold our heads up high," Ian said. "The guides indicated there was no way they could take us any further... We’d never have got that far without them, to be honest, they were brilliant at using machetes to clear room to crawl through."

According to Ian, Flight MH370, which went missing March 8, 2014, crashed in the Cambodian jungle. The plane was carrying 239 people while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it went off the radar. Despite a multimillion-dollar search, the plane could not be found and investigators failed to determine the cause of the crash......"

A man lights candles during the fourth annual remembrance event for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 3, 2018. (Photo: REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin)


Richard

 

[davidvel]

I thought I was reading one of those Nigerian scam emails, and they'd be asking for a donation. The plane (what's left of it) is at the bottom of a deep ocean.

 

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Bizarre New MH370 Theory: Pilot Claims He Has Discovered the Engine, Tail and Cockpit of Doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight in Cambodian Jungle Surrounded By 'Illegal Loggers High on Meth'
By Charlie Coe for Daily Mail Australia/ News/ dailymail.co.uk

• A pilot claims to have found parts of the plane deep in the Cambodian jungle
• Daniel Boyer said he found the white objects while looking on Google Maps
• His find is just 16km away from a sighting of a 'plane-shaped object' last month
• The evidence contradicts the main theory that the plane crashed in the ocean
• Police are also looking at evidence MH370's navigation equipment was hacked

A pilot claims to have discovered parts of doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the same area of the Cambodian jungle where a filmmaker was forced to abandon his pursuit of the plane's wreckage because of 'illegal loggers high on meth'.

Daniel Boyer said he has located the engine, tail and cockpit of the plane buried in the jungle north of Phnom Penh using Google Earth.

His find comes just a month after British film producer Ian Wilson embarked on a two-day trek to find a 'plane-shaped object' he had sighted on Google Maps.

After the satellite image went viral, the producer and his brother were air-dropped into the jungle with a group of Cambodian soldiers in order to earn the $96million reward for finding the wreckage.

But the filmmaker said they had to turn back because the site was 'surrounded by armed illegal loggers high on crystal meth'.

The new sighting is just 16km away from Mr Wilson's find, near to the Chrok La Eang Waterfalls.

Mr Boyer said he could even match up the measurements of the white objects to the standard measurements of a Boeing 777.

'I couldn't believe it when I made this sighting. This is a massive discovery,' Mr Boyer told The Daily Star.

'First the cockpit can be seen and now this.

'I am gobsmacked this area has not yet been searched.'

The bizarre findings run contrary to the theory that MH370 crashed into the sea.

That theory is supported by the debris which has washed up on the islands of the Indian Ocean in the years since the passenger jet disappeared on March 8, 2014.

French police, meanwhile, are investigating whether navigation data from MH370 could have been hacked to disguise the route it took before crashing into the ocean.

Investigators wanted to go back over raw data collected by Boeing and the FBI after finding 'inconsistencies' in the Malaysian Government report issued earlier this year....."

Mr Boyer told The Daily Star he could even match up the measurements of the white objects (pictured) to the standard measurements of a Boeing 777


Richard

 

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MH370 Latest: Aviation Investigators to Probe US Tech Firms Over 'Hacking' Theory
By Simon Osborne/ News/ World/ Express/ express.co.uk

"FRENCH investigators trying to crack the mystery of Flight MH370 are waiting for permission to quiz US tech companies amid bombshell claims hackers may have interfered with he ill-fated passenger jet’s satellite communication systems.

France is the only country still actively investigating the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 which vanished on March 8, 2014 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 passengers and crew aboard.

Sources close to the French probe said analysts from the research section of the Gendarmerie Air Transport (GTA) were waiting for the green light from US authorities.

According the L’Essor, an unofficial journal for the French military police, the investigators want to check overseas if a US company sells software capable of reprogramming or even hacking the Satcom.

The system is used by airlines to transmit messages about the state of the aircraft in flight and its communications.

Independent investigator Victor Iannallo said: “This story, if true, suggests that the French judiciary system, and in turn the military police that are assigned to the case, are seriously considering whether the Inmarsat data was corrupted by a malicious intrusion into the Satcom onboard MH370.

“Considering that the Inmarsat data is consistent with the aircraft crashing in the Southern Indian Ocean near the seventh arc of the search zone, and that the timing and location of the recovered parts from the aircraft also suggest that the aircraft crashed in the sea, to doubt the Inmarsat data implies doubting the veracity of the recovered parts.

“This is the first time a government investigative body is known to be seriously considering a hack of the Satcom combined with planting of debris.”....."

Malaysia Airlines MH370 map (Image: GETTY)


Richard

 

[Talent312]

That has got to be the most hairbrained theory, yet.
No one could possibly care enuff to hack it or plant debris.
Move along. Nothing to see here. Go back to your day jobs.
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[Patri]

This is the thread that should be allowed to die, rather than Mary Ann's. We see legitimate updates in the news. There aren't any worthwhile.

 

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Kin of Missing From Malaysian Plane Hand Over Suspected Debris, Urge Search
By Reuters/ News/ af.reuters.com

"KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Relatives of some of the people missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 urged Malaysia on Friday to resume a search for the plane that disappeared in 2014, as they handed over what they believe are five new pieces of debris from it.

Flight MH370 was on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board, when it vanished, and became one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.

The next of kin of some of those on board handed the government the five pieces of debris they said had been found by villagers in Madagascar, in three difference locations, one bit found as recently as August.

“The fact that debris is still washing up now means that the investigation should still be live. It shouldn’t be closed,” said Grace Nathan, a lawyer whose mother, Anne Daisy, was on the plane.

Malaysian and international investigators believe the jet veered thousands of miles off course before plunging into the Indian Ocean.

In July, investigators released a 495-page report, saying the plane’s controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course but they were not able to determine who was responsible.

More than 30 bits of suspected debris have collected from various places around the world but only three wing fragments, which washed up along the Indian Ocean coast, have been confirmed to be from MH370.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke, who met the next of kin, said the government would consider resuming a search if provided with credible leads.

Grace Nathan, whose mother was onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, hands over a debris believed to belong to MH370 to Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook in Putrajaya, Malaysia November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin


Richard

 

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'This is Where MH370 Crashed': Fisherman Claims He Saw Plane Go Down and Recorded the Exact Location on GPS, Saying 'It Moved Like a Broken Kite....no Noise, Just Smoke'
By Miranda Aldersley for MailOnline/ News/ DailyMail.com/ dailymail.co.uk

• "Rusli Khusmin, 42, says he and his crew witnessed the March 2014 air disaster
• He swore an oath of truth on the Koran this morning and handed over evidence
• The co-ordinates in the Sumatra Indonesian Sea will be given to investigators

An Indonesian fisherman who claims to know the exact spot where the ill-fated MH370 plane crashed into the Sumatra sea has handed over the co-coordinators to investigators.

Rusli Khusmin, 42, says he and his crew members witnessed the disaster, in which a Beijing-bound Malaysian Airlines flight carrying 239 people disappeared, on the morning of March 8, 2014.

Rusli recorded the co-ordinates of the site where he says the plane entered the water on a GPS device and held up a map to show reporters.

At a news conference today in Subang Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur where MH370 took off, he recalled a seeing a damaged aircraft and thick black smoke.

'I saw the plane moving from left to right like a broken kite,' he said. 'There was no noise, just black smoke as a result of fires before it crashed into the water.'

There was a strong smell of acidic fumes in the air before the plane went down, he added.

Rusli was flown in from Indonesia for the news conference at the Lake View Club in Subang Jaya, where he swore an oath of truth over the Koran.

He did not explain why he had taken almost five years for him to report his version of events to authorities......"

Rusli says this spot in the Sumatra Sea between Malaysia and Indonesia is the final resting place of MH370



Richard

 

[Patri]

He was having a low moment, and wanted to be in international headlines. Sheesh.

 

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New Underwater Sound Wave Analysis Suggests Alternative Travel Route and New Impact Locations
By Vanessa Brown/ Travel Updates/ Incidents/ News.com.au/ news.com.au

"It remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time but now a mathematician says he has a new theory on where MH370 went down.

The whereabouts of doomed flight MH370 remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time.

But a mathematician from Cardiff University in Wales believes he’s calculated a “new impact location” where the doomed Malaysian Airlines aircraft went down in 2014 with 239 people on board.

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Usama Kadri — a lecturer in applied mathematics and engineering — focused his argument for the new impact zone based on “acoustic waves”.

Dr Kadri, whose work focuses on physical oceanography, quantum analogs, multiphase flows and wave power harnessing, said he and his team of researchers have been able to identify two locations where the aeroplane could have impacted with the ocean, as well as an alternative route that it may have taken on March 8, 2014.

One theory puts the crash site further north in the Indian Ocean than previously believed, while the other points to a flight course taking MH370 closer to Madagascar.

Dr Kadri’s argument lies around waves — both outside and inside the water — and the distorted noise caused by nearby military action. He also questions 25 minutes of “missing” data recordings which were made at a secret US defence facility.

“When you drop a pebble in a lake, water waves are generated from the location of the impact, while sound waves create the splashing noise you hear,” he wrote in the article. “Another type of wave is generated inside the water too: hydroacoustic. Similar to a sound wave, hydroacoustic waves move relatively slowly through the dense water, at 1500 metres per second (m/s).”

Typically, when an object hits water, surface waves tend to become smaller and smaller until we can’t see them anymore. But, they do keep travelling through the water at a lower depth. These “acoustic-gravity waves” can travel for thousands of kilometres undisturbed, and even cross an entire ocean.

As for a plane, like MH370, the impact is “violent at the surface” of an ocean, meaning it “generates large surface waves, and a family of sound waves that come from a sudden change in pressure known as acoustic-gravity waves”.

“These can travel thousands of kilometres through the water, carrying vital information on the source of the impact, before dissipating,” he said.

In 2017, Dr Kadri along with his colleague Dr Davide Crivelli, “looked at acoustic-gravity waves picked up by hydrophone (underwater microphone) stations in the Indian Ocean, to narrow down where flight MH370 may have impacted the ocean to two points”.

But their new study has revealed another factor that may prove crucial for pinning down the location of the impact. And that factor is sea floor elasticity.

“The acoustic-gravity waves that we analysed for both this and our previous study came from two hydroacoustic stations (each of which has three underwater microphones called hydrophones), which were active at the time when MH370 went missing,” he said.

“The first, HA01, is off Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, while the second, known as HA08s, is at Diego Garcia, which is part of the Chagos Archipelago.

“Previous studies have mostly looked at the signals collected by station HA01, as well as signals that related to the last satellite data transmission from MH370. However, with our new understanding of acoustic-gravity waves we decided to look at hydroacoustic data from HA01 that was recorded during a wider time frame … and analysed data from the further away HA08s station too.

“Allowing for the effects of sea floor elasticity, the signal locations that we had previously identified using data from HA01 were now different.”

While the Cape Leeuwin recordings (HA01) were relatively clear, those from Diego Garcia (HA08s) had been distorted by the noise of a nearby military exercise. This made extracting sound potentially related to MH370 from the recorded data much more difficult.

The distorted recording from HA08 was positioned at the secret US defence facility at Diego Garcia, in the heart of the Indian Ocean. Much of its data from the relevant time frame is distorted. And 25 minutes of it is inexplicably missing, according to Dr Kadri.

“Unfortunately, on top of the noisy recorded signals, 25 minutes of data from HA08s is missing,” Kadri says.

“The signals we have analysed indicate that the there was a 25-minute shutdown that has gone unexplained by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, which is responsible for the hydrophone stations.”

Dr Kadri says aligning what they had of HA08 with the recorded data from HA01 produced a new possible impact point.

“Although the proposed route and point of impact is distant from the 7th arc, we still recommend further studying a number of signals from HA08,” he said.

“The bearings of some of these signals fall within the area where signals from the military action were picked up, so it is possible that the signals are associated with the military action.”

But if the signals are related to MH370, this would suggest a new possible impact location in the northern part of the Indian Ocean....."

Map of hydrophone signals recorded on March 7 and 8, 2014, which may indicate a new location for MH370. Picture: Usama KadriSource:Supplied


Richard

 

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MH370 News: MH370 'Shot Down in Botched Bid to Stop 9/11-Style Terror Attack' Claims New Investigation
By Anthony Blair/ World News/ Daily Star/ dailystar.co.uk

"MISSING flight MH370 was brought down by military officials who feared it had been hijacked in a 9/11-style attack, an investigator has sensationally claimed.

Malaysian authorities believed the plane - carrying 239 passengers and crew - had been taken over by Iranian terrorists who wanted to fly it back towards the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.

Acting quickly - and faced with a disaster of global proportions - the government ordered a warning strike on the plane.

But, speaking exclusively to Daily Star Online, private investigator Noel O'Gara said this mission went horribly wrong and the plane was brought down in the Andaman Sea - as seen by a number of eyewitnesses.

Noel, an Ireland-based journalist, has researched the disappearance of MH370 for four years, speaking to dozens of experts and studying all of the various press releases from the Malaysian government after the crash.

He explained to Daily Star Online that he has come to believe that Malaysian authorities were acting in good faith, and on credible evidence, that the plane had been hijacked.

Key to Noel's extraordinary claims are the two young men from Iran who travelled on board the flight on stolen passports.

Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, 19, and 29-year-old Delavar Seyedmohammaderza were both on the plane and were supposedly heading to Germany via Beijing on stolen passports for hopes of a better life in Europe.

On October 11 2014, after Mehrdad had been confirmed as a passenger, Malaysia’s police chief Khalid Abu Bakar told a press conference: “We believe he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group. We believe he is trying to migrate to Germany.”

But, Noel says, there can be no doubt the pair were on the Malaysian security forces' radar, and the fact they were eliminated as suspects by authorities within 72 hours of the plane's disappearance is suspicious.

"Two Iranians boarding a flight to Germany via China with stolen passports would send alarm bells ringing in any cops ears," Noel explained......"

PASSENGERS: Iranians Pouria Mehrdad, left, and Delavar Seyedmohammaderza (Pic: EPA)

'EXCITED': Days before MH370, Pouria posted a picture of himself in front of Petronas Towers (Pic: FACEBOOK/POURIANOURMOHAMMADI)



Richard

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Yawn.

This is like the "hidden in the jungle" allegations, in that it makes suppositions unsupported by any facts about the aircraft, and ignores what is known. Specifically, how does this theory account for the satellite communications with the plane as it was over the Indian Ocean?

If a theory can't account for known facts, the only value it has is as clickbait. Which is all this is.

 

[Talent312]

I was about to complain about the length of this thread.
Then I noticed the length of some others, so... why not.
I miss the old kicking-a-dead-horse emoticon.

 

[DaveNV]

I was about to complain about the length of this thread.
Then I noticed the length of some others, so... why not.
I miss the old kicking-a-dead-horse emoticon.

I think until/when/if they find the plane, or what's left of it, there will always be people trying to provide answers, or leaping on the publicity bandwagon. Kind of like with Jimmy Hoffa, Jon Benet Ramsey, and even whether the Moon Landing was real. Lots of people have a lot of time, special interest, or they just want their fifteen minutes of fame.

I appreciate Richard taking his time to share the latest conspiracy theories with us. I'm always curious to know what the next one will be.

(And in the case of this latest one, I'd think it'd be a simple matter of checking the military records to find irrefutable proof they shot down the plane. It's unlikely they'd say, "Whoops! My bad. We didn't mean to shoot down this airliner. So we'll pretend it never happened." Oh wait - new conspiracy theory! )

Dave

 

[davidvel]

The pilot pointed the aircraft toward his daughter in Australia and let it run out of gas, before/after depressurizing the aircraft and incapacitating all on board. Just another theory half as solid as all the rest.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I was about to complain about the length of this thread.
Then I noticed the length of some others, so... why not.
I miss the old kicking-a-dead-horse emoticon.

There's the banging your head against a wall option:

Or you can find one on the internet.

 

[Panina]

In this day and age, survelliance of all kinds can track most anything. It is hard to believe that the military operations/radar/survelliance of major powers didn’t know where the plane went down.

 

[Talent312]

Google knows where it is, but they want to keep us in suspenders.

 

[DaveNV]

Google knows where it is, but they want to keep us in suspenders.

Careful, you'll get belted.

Dave

 

[PigsDad]

In this day and age, survelliance of all kinds can track most anything. It is hard to believe that the military operations/radar/survelliance of major powers didn’t know where the plane went down.

The ocean is a BIG space of nothing...

Kurt

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

In this day and age, survelliance of all kinds can track most anything. It is hard to believe that the military operations/radar/survelliance of major powers didn’t know where the plane went down.

Not at all hard to believe. If tracking something doesn't lead to an opportunity for Google to place an ad on someone's browser, it won't get tracked.

 

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MH370 News: Experts Claim Remains 'Confirm Plane Was Brought to Controlled Stop'
By Callum Hoare/ News/ World/ Express/ express.co.uk

MALAYSIA Airlines flight MH370’s remains – found in South Africa – reveal the doomed jet was brought to a controlled stop in the Indian Ocean, according to aviation experts investigating the plane’s disappearance.

MH370, which had been travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. The Boeing 777 aircraft last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am when the plane was flying over the South China Sea, before vanishing from civilian radar screens. In 2016, a piece of the aircraft’s wing was discovered on the African island of Mauritius.

This find has led aviation expert to piece together the evidence and claim MH370 was brought to a controlled stop, remaining largely intact

Larry Vance is a former investigator with the Transportation Safety Board in Canada and has spent the last four years looking into the mystery.

He revealed to Australia’s “60 Minutes” investigation team how the wing, along with the rest of the plane, would have been shattered into hundreds of pieces had a high-speed crash occurred.

He said in 2018: “What would happen in that scenario is the front of the wing would be pushed in and water would fill it, forcing it to explode.

“This entire piece would not exist.

“Instead we can see the flap was down at the back and that is what caused all the erosion to the design.”

Mr Vance went on to claim the flap would not be extended downwards unless it was a deliberate attempt by the pilot to land the aircraft, in a move known as ditching.

UK aviation expert and former Boeing 777 pilot Simon Hardy agrees this theory is likely....."

The piece of wing could help explain the landing of MH370 (Image: 60 MINUTES)


Richard

 

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MH370 News: New Technique Invented to Track Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane
By Abbie LLewelyn/ News/ Weird/ Express/ express.co.uk

"A NEW technique was invented for tracking Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after its disappearance, using satellite technology.

The BFO is a measure of the relative motion of the satellite and the aeroplane.

It was the first time BFO had ever been used to try and determine the location of a missing plane.

However, used in conjunction they could be used to plot out possible routes.

The plane disappeared from air traffic control radar first, a couple of minutes after radioing in the words “goodnight Malaysia 370”.

For a short time, the jet could be detected on military radar before it dropped off from there too.

Then, only communications with Inmarsat’s satellite 3F1, called ‘handshakes’ from which the BTO and BFO values could be extracted and used to track its path.

Jeff Wise, author of The Plane That Wasn’t There, said: “We had always assumed that the transponders and radios had gone dark shortly after ‘goodnight Malaysia 370’, but the sat-com system had remained active.

“After all, whoever took the plane never used the sat-com.

“They probably have no idea it’s intermittent handshake exchanges could be used to track the plane, since the technique hadn’t been invented yet.”

The fact that these techniques were used for the first time in the MH370 investigation would imply that the person who absconded with the plane would not have known to turn the sat-com off.

However, what they actually found was that the system was turned off and then on again.

At 6:03pm UTC, 42 minutes after the plane disappeared from air traffic control radar, satellite 3F1 tried to put through a text message, but MH370’s sat-com had not responded.

Then, 22 minutes later at 6:25pm UTC, MH370 initiated a log-on with Inmarsat.

This was strong evidence, at least, that the plane had not gone down due to an electrical issue......"

Data from Inmarsat's satellite 3F1 was used (Image: GETTY)


Richard

 

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MH370 Revelation: Satellite Used to Detect Location Had a 'Wobble' Which Skewed the Data
By Abbie Llewelyn/ News/ Weird/ Express/ express.co.uk

"DATA from a satellite was used to try to locate missing flight MH370 after it mysteriously disappeared, but it was later discovered it had a “wobble” in its orbit which skewed the data.

The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished from radar on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board and, to this day, has not been discovered. However, official investigators have concluded that its most likely location now is at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. This was calculated using signals exchanged between MH370 and satellite 3F1, owned by British telecommunications company Inmarsat.

However, an issue was later discovered with 3F1’s data.

The satellite was old: launched in 1996, it was only meant to be in operation for around 13 years.

Running on for 5 years longer than planned, the satellite had run low on fuel it required to stay precisely on location above the equator.

According to Jeff Wise, author of The Plane That Wasn’t There, the satellite was “wobbling” during the time it was receiving signals from MH370.

During the hours the jet was missing, 3F1 was north of the equator, moving first to the north and then swinging back to the south.

Signals sent to satellites are supposed to account for sources of error, such as the movement of the aeroplane.

Mr Wise said: “One source of error is the simple fact that the aeroplane moves - a so-called Doppler Effect.

“Just as a train whistle rises in pitch when it's coming towards you, an aeroplane that’s flying towards the satellite will produce a signal that is of the designated bandwidth.

“To get over this problem, a computer within the aeroplane uses its position and speed to calculate the anticipated Doppler shift and subtracts this amount from the frequency at which it transmits to the satellite.”

The problem with this in the case of MH370 is that the signal sent to 3F1 was sending off signals based on where the satellite was supposed to be, not where it actually was, and assuming it was not moving relative to the earth’s surface.

When the plane first disappeared from radar, the angular distance between where the satellite was and where the plane thought it was was reportedly around three degrees.

This is enough to generate a velocity error of 20 knots....."

Satellite 3F1 was around 3 degrees away from where it should have been when MH370 went missing (Image: GETTY)


Richard