Originally Posted by
VHOED191006
I don't know how Simon on the Avherald can come to that conclusion. Planes just don't loose 1,400ft within the span 12 seconds. That comes out to a roughly -7000fpm descent (TAC reports -8,600fpm, so close enough). Something did indeed happen during that departure. FR24 doesn't just randomly start outputting such extreme values.
Simon is a great journalist when it comes to fact, research and reporting. He is excellent at ferreting out information from all sorts of sources.
Sadly, though, he has a pretty shaky grasp of technical stuff (like many journalists) - some of his previous ADS-B-based "analyses" have been woeful.
Stick to what you do well, Simon.