Originally Posted by
grizzled
This is an example of taking one bit of information and using it -- incorrectly -- to build a pillar for a preferred theory. To suggest that the "only way around" the speed observed on primary radar is to disregard the 1825.27 BTO arc divulges an ignorance of primary radar -- especially that particular primary radar.
Grizz
Exactly, trying to fit a flightpath continuing northwest at the same airspeed from MEKAR, does NOT meet all the evidence.
It ignores the 1825:27 BTO arc.
The flightpath that fits the evidence (primary radar, satellite data) is:
MEKAR-NILAM-SANOB-(ANSAX)-Banda Aceh, with a slow down at TOPD.
The slow down doesn’t fly past the 1825:27 arc.
Those pesky facts!