Originally Posted by
DriverAirframeOneOf
Still don't see the range comparison at throttled back low speed below 10000' vs Planned Cruise speed at altitude.
I guess...tell me the range at assumed fuel load from when turning southbound at max hold speed at ~10000'...
This very slow speed might cross the southern Inmarsat LOP very far north at more or less 90 degrees relative.
Maybe just south of Jacarta, Indonesia, where it was shot down on visual approach to Jakarta Airport after being watched on military radar all night long - at just after 8 am local at the time of the last partial Inmarsat handshake...Maybe...
Or maybe it just ran out of fuel flying slowly eastbound crossing the Inmarsat LOP south of Jakarta...
Here are some numbers for GE powered B777-200LR Long Range Cruise......
