SaturnV
I am curious why the simulation omits the tracks of IB 6024 and LH 507.
I can only surmise that the BEA were not provided with QAR data from these flights. In the case of LH, there may be union/regulatory restrictions on the use of such data.
CONF iture
Also, why is it so hard for the BEA to state that the last automatic position point was 3 NM off track ???
We have never been privy to the format in which the AOC position was transmitted, i.e. it's not in the printout of the ACARS messages routed to AF Maintenance, so one can only assume that it went to AF Flight Operations. One can surmise that there were parameters other than lat/long included, and that the BEA are avoiding at all cost further speculation on what may or may not have been happening to the a/c at 02:10:30z when the AOC data was transmitted.
Someone who regularly reads the EuroCockpit postings may well have some useful input into resolving the matter.
mm43