I'm quite curious about the very time of the obviously (and clearly documented) first incident (all other data are speculative/non-confirmed, as of right now):
that was right after the pilot said 'good night' (verbally) to KL/Subang via VHF and before saying 'hello' to Saigon/HCMC, which obviously never happened.
What would be a reasonable time gap between such messages on a 'normal' flight on this route? 2 minutes? Is that a fair number?
Instead of this, the flight disappeared at the (almost) very same time on secondary radar.
Coincidence?
Given the standard route from Lumpur to Beijing, that point in time / position would make a perfect time stamp to make the flight 'vanish' to primary and secondary radar for whatever reason.
Any 'takes'?
Last edited by NicholasB; 14th Mar 2014 at 15:48.