Originally Posted by
glendalegoon
I realize I'm flying pretty low tech planes by some standards but PLEASE TELL ME HOW SOMEONE KNOWS IF THERE IS PREPROGRAMMED TURN IN the FMS without having the FMS present?
rigbyrigs, how does someone know without being on the plane if it is pre programmed?
I don['t know
anyone?
Yes, we now have news media reporting that the Malaysians are saying the turn was "Pre-programmed". What they aren't aren't saying is how they know this.
I fly the B777 and I can't think of a way for anyone to know what was programmed on the FMC of MH 370.
Some airlines can upload a flight plan directly to the aircraft, but even so, the pilot has to request the upload and activate the route.
This just seems to me like more bad information and more bad media reporting.