Originally Posted by
training wheels
According to Detik.com, this data plot was received by a reporter from someone in the Department of Transportation. The plot shows the climb from FL320 at time 23:17:1.7889 to FL373.5 at time 23:17:43.210 (ie a climb of 5350 ft in about 41.4 seconds) with a turn to the left. End of detection was at FL240 at time 23:19:46.352 in what looks to be a spiral or spin?
Source:
Detik.com
Why no radar return starting at FL240? Can we assume the aircraft came apart?