Originally Posted by
mm43
The position that has been quoted and associated with the final ACARS has come from somewhere. Would seem that the ACARS was on SAT and the position was also transmitted at the same time.
UN873
UTC W/P Lat Long True Mag NM GS
0133 INTOL 1 21.7S 32 49.9W
027.9 045.7 182.2 540KTS
0153 EPODE 1 19.4N 31 24.7W
027.9 045.7 62.7 540KTS
0200 ORARO 2 14.8N 30 55.4W
022.3 040.1 86.4 300KTS
0214 Final 3 34.7N 30 22.5W
The 0214z report places the a/c 8.5NM left of track, and the GS noted are relative for the times and distances run, though at what point track and speed deviations were actually made is unknown.
Peak CB activity has been determined at 0200z (ORARO) though the edges of the CB cells were well beyond that position.
mm43
I cannot understand how this information (
if it is correct) has "just appeared". Surely somebody somewhere must have known about it from the start, and should have made it available to the SAR effort at least.
Does anyone know how the final position ties in with the current SAR location?
(And yes, I do realise that "final position" is where the last report came from, not necessarily where the point of impact was. but around about that location must be a good starting point)