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Old 13th Mar 2014, 23:45
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Wantion
 
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"since the a/c ACARS system was out of VHF coverage, the system tried to connect thru SATCOM"


Are you sure it only tries to ping/connect if out of VHF Range ..?


...I thought I had read that it pings the SATCOM all the time.
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