Hi PJ2
PJ2:
they would be left to radio com and the aircraft had radio issues before departure).
Interesting - could you help out?...I don't recall reading this, (which just means, "I don't recall"); do we know what the nature of the issues was? Thanks!
This little detail was missed by a lot of people. When Eurocockpit investigated to find out the complete ACARS listing (not only the AIRMAN headers), they went into further details about the flight and posted this fact to prove AF/BEA they finaly found the good documents:
In Eurocockpit, June 19th paper:
Pour confirmer que nous avons bien trouvé les bons documents, nous indiquerons par exemple que l'avion est parti sous tolérance technique suite à un échange de RMP (boîtier de contrôle des radios), et qu'il est parti avec le RMP3 INOP, ce qui est par ailleurs parfaitement conforme à la MEL.
F-GZCP had a replacement of her Radio Management Panel (RMP) before departure and her RMP3 was listed INOP before the flight, but still in conformity with the MEL. It would be interesting to know if her last communication in flight with the Brazilian ATC @ 0133Z was made via SATCOM or radio.
S~
Olivier