Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Originally Posted by Rev1.5

The fact that both systems went dark separately offered strong evidence that the plane’s disappearance was deliberate.

Or there was a catastrophic event that was gradually knocking out system after system?

We don't know the systems went dark separately. We do know.

1. There was an ACARS air to ground message at 1:07
2. There was an RT transmission finishing about 1:19:30
3. There were transponder responses up to 1:21:13
4. There was no check in call (expected about 1:20)
5. The next expected ACARS message ( around 1:23-1:37) was not recieved
6. There was no response to a ground to air ACARS message at 2:03 and 2:05
7. There was a satcom login by the aircraft at 2:25
8. There was a ground to air phone call initiated and connected to the aircraft, but not answered at 2:39
9. There than followed hourly short status message (1 packet each direction)
10. at 7:13 there was another ground to air phone call initiated and connected to the aircraft, but not answered
11. finally the remaining pings and the last logon

To me, this would look like everything stopped at around 1:20 and then just the satcom terminal itself came back on line at 2:25.