Originally Posted by
Wannabe Flyer
As per the confirmed report the flight took on board 53 tons of fuel at KUL.
Query: would this include the reserve fuel from prior sector of aircraft on board or the fresh uptake only?
If it is the fresh uptake only would that not add about 800 km or another hour to the flight being calculated?
Assuming another 800 km range and the aircraft continued to fly south from where the last ping to IMERSAT, is there sattelite coverage in that area to pick up subsequent pings 30 minutes later or this really the black hole as being described.
Thank you
There is a Bloomberg report saying that "The Boeing 777 was carrying 49.1 metric tons (54.1 tons) of fuel when it departed Kuala Lumpur". (In case you didn't know or you forgot that a ton is not always a ton - now you know.)
At 14000..14500 lbs/hr, not only is that not enough fuel for 800 km beyond the last ping, but seems barely enough just to get _to_ the last ping.
Even if extra fuel were available, extra 800 km would not suffice to fly out of range of the satellite. It is supposed to provide coverage all the way to the Antarctic, several hours further away.