Originally Posted by
DespairingTraveller
Similarly I see a reference to the IFE not logging on to the SATCOM system late in the flight whereas it had previously, but not that this was the result of deliberate action.
Am I missing something in the 500+ pages? Is there something buried in the logs that I don't understand?
I don't believe there's any way to tell for sure why the IFE didn't connect to the ground after the final SATCOM logon to the satellite. It could be the aircraft was out of fuel and the IFE had no power. It could have failed. It could have been turned off. The aircraft could have hit the sea before the IFE noticed the SATCOM connection was up and set up its connection to the ground. All that's known is that it didn't connect to the ground after the final logon, and didn't explicitly disconnect from the ground before that.