Originally Posted by
grizzled
The absence of communication from the flight deck, or any known attempt at communication, from 0136 onward does not necessarily correlate to there being “no problems”. IMO there is merit in the suggestion by some that given the known circumstances in this case, the lack of comms could in fact be an indicator of problems.
Whilst I agree with you to some extent, HF comms are notoriously inconsistent, especially in a storm situation (Possibly).