[quote] "From the incomplete data that I have seen, it is clear that SATCOMS transmissions are regular and consistent with an A/C that is tracking the satellite reasonably well up to the last transmission at 02:14."/QUOTE]
Many thanks, Dan Air UK. Can I take it that your opinion (as someone who genuinely knows a lot about satellite communication) and mine (as no more than a 1960s 'seat of the pants' light aeroplane pilot) largely coincide?
That the aeroplane was under reasonable control (flightpath-wise) for plus or minus four minutes. And then 'blacked out' - among other things, losing all communication with the satellite. Suggesting either a catastrophic systems failure or an 'Extreme Flight Path Irregularity' - like the aeroplane standing on its nose and heading for the deck at Mach. speed?