New York Times article, June 23rd.“MH 370 Was in Controlled Flight After Contact Was Lost, Officials Suspect”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/wo...=29625191&_r=0
SOME HIGHLIGHTS;
“Was probably not seriously damaged in the air and remained in controlled flight for hours after contact with it was lost, until it ran out of fuel over the southern Indian Ocean.”
“Their conclusion, reached in the past few weeks, helped prompt the decision to move the focus of the search hundreds of miles to the southwest.”
“ main evidence for the conclusion lies in a re-examination of Malaysian military radar data and in a more detailed analysis of electronic “handshakes,” or pings, that the aircraft exchanged with an Inmarsat satellite over the Equator, senior officials involved in the investigation said.”
“The altitude readings from the radar now appear to have been inaccurate, officials said.”
“Malaysian radar equipment had not been calibrated with enough precision to draw any conclusions about the aircraft’s true altitude. “The primary radar data pertaining to altitude is regarded as unreliable,” said Angus Houston.”
“Other officials involved in the crash investigation have suggested that either of the plane’s pilots might have commandeered the aircraft in order to commit suicide, or that a smoke from a fire in the fuselage might have overcome the pilots and passengers but left the engines and autopilot working normally.”
Data Guy Notes; Boeing service letter cautions to fuselage fires may be seen as Appendix 1 (Chinese) Aviation Safety Council Final Report, fire on EVA Airways, 2/23/08, Flight BR67. Report # ASC-AOR-11-02-001.Link >
http://www.asc.gov.tw/downfile/ASC-A...1(English).pdf