Originally Posted by
philipat
However, and I don't wish to speculate, ACARS would NOT help much in the event of some type of catastrophic failure which resulted in an immediate stop in transmission?
Has the time ACARS stopped transmitting been established at all?
I haven't read anything definitive about ACARS from this flight so far.
Unlike AF447 I haven't seen anything regarding what the last transmissions of this flight were. If it stopped completely out of the blue that would be an indication towards a catastrophic event.