MikeAlpha7
does the ACARS "know" whether the SATCOM uplink is working, and would it buffer the mesages if it "knew" the link is unservicable for the moment and sent them at a later point in time when it "realises" the link is up again?
Or in other words: If messages are received during a four minute period of time by the operator, does that necessarily mean, the technical incidents which triggered the messages did happen also within a four minute period of time?
Can messages be lost during transmission, such that the message set received by the operator is actually only a subset of what was sent by the a/c?
Probably that kind of questions is what people in Paris are trying to sort out in the the moment.