Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Jesus, can WE see that? Some of you guys put way too much stock in what FR 24 shows.
The data shows the airplane descending almost 600 ft from about 2200 ft. on the initial climb. There are two possibilities: 1) the data accurately reflects the aircraft's trajectory. 2) The data does
not accurately reflect the aircraft's trajectory. If 1 is true, then yes, we absolutely *do* know that "the situation was serious very early in the flight" If an airliner on initial climb pitches abruptly down and descends 600 feet, that is serious, something is going badly wrong. Apparently, you believe that 2 is true, that the FR24 data does not accurately reflect the aircraft's trajectory. So why? What is your basis for claiming that you know the FR24 data is in error? It's not an "outlier", the descent is reflected in numerous consecutive received data points. It's not predictive algorithms, as that only affects real time displays, not saved data. So what's your operative theory here? that the descent simply didn't happen? Do you have some plausible reason why those data points showing the pronounced descent are in error? I mean something a little more substantiative than; "I hate FlightRadar24"?