Shadoko the figure of 43,800kg fuel remaining was embodied in the last ACARS message at 17:07 UTC from the on board computer.
Fuel weight at departure was 49,100kg and reported gross T/O weight of 223.5 tons.
Expected FF/engine @ 490,000lb @ 35,000ft was 7,403lb/engine (3361kg)
IIRC MH370 reached 35,000ft @ 17:17. It was overhead Kenyir Lake, Malaysia at 17:07 UTC passing 27,675ft.
First engine flame out at 00:11 UTC and second engine flame out @ 00:19 UTC, therefore first flame out 7 hours 4min after this fuel figure.
I question how is it plausible that this aircraft could descend fly west through the Straits of Malacca make all sorts of bizarre manouveres and then climb again to 35,000ft before turning around the tip of Sumatra to fly to intercept the southern arc within the fuel burn parameters?
Last edited by Jonfra; 11th Oct 2014 at 00:49.
Reason: Corrected info about altitude @ 17:07 UTC