Originally Posted by
OlaM
So what about ACARS can be misunderstood in a way that makes you think the plane flew 4 hours longer than it did?
The answer to that is best posed to whomever in the US of A released that info to the media. I suspect they not wish to tell you, citing "methods and sources" but a brief explanation has already been provided in this very thread. Less than ten pages back.
We don't have to buy it, nor believe it, but it's there.