Rolls-Royce Statement - Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Statement
Friday, 14 March 2014
Rolls-Royce continues to provide its full support to the authorities and Malaysia Airlines. Rolls-Royce concurs with the statement made on Thursday 13 March by Malaysia's Transport Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein regarding engine health monitoring data received from the aircraft.
IIRC that statement by the Transport Minister was, only two engine datasets were received, the last one at TOC shortly before the transponder signal was lost. I don't remember any statements if those datasets were transmitted via VHF or SATCOM/Inmarsat.
IF they were transmitted by VHF (possible because close to land), then the Press Release by inmarsat could mean, that the "Routine Messages" were part of lower layer communication between transceiver and satellite. Obvious is that none of the protagonist is making an unambiguous statement.