Originally Posted by
InfernoRedXfire
If the transponder is turned off, does a plane still leave an electronic sig?
We now know that the pilot DID have a flight simulator in his home. And, they say the plane went through a lot of unusual maneuvers just before it went missing (something the pilot practiced for?). Now they say the plane flew for six hours after the transponder was turned off.
And on tonight's news they concluded that the plane is in the ocean 6 hours from where it was last tracked. How do they know that? Why would a pilot hijack a plane only to fly if for six hours and put it in the ocean? That just doesn't make sense.
Actually, yes it does. the engines intermittedly transmit data back to the manufacturer.
According to reports out today, the plane flew at least five hours maybe 7 I/2. At 500MPH that's a possible 3500 miles from it's last documented position.
And now Malaysian comes forward with radar data suggesting radical altitude changes. And a flight path directed west toward India territory.
this plane will be found. Hopefully the passengers are OK but most likely they were killed, or rendered unconscious, by asphyxiation during the altitude swings.