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I didn't read that the engine data was piggybacked, but it would make sense.
qmantoo
It only says that Wall Street Journal reported NOT that RR or Boeing did. People will assume that RR or Boeing are saying this.
WSJ reported that the data was automatically downloaded and sent to the ground...
I believe I read somewhere the engine data is piggybacked on top of one of the other communication streams and does not use its own transmitter and frequencies.
So one source that would be reliable in resolving the discrepancy, won't tell us what they have.
OpinionatedB
reply to post by ManiShuck
Rolls Royce is the one saying they are working with Malaysia and investigators and are declining any comment outside of to investigators. It is Rolls Royce I quoted.
We continue to monitor the situation and to offer Malaysia Airlines our support," a Rolls-Royce representative said Wednesday, declining further comment.
"The disappearance is officially now an accident and all information about this is strictly handled by investigators," said a Rolls-Royce executive who declined to be named, citing rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency.
They said there were no more data transmissions from ACARS.
OpinionatedB
reply to post by Arbitrageur
According to Malaysia Officials, it is Rolls Royce who told them via their investigation that after contact with the plane was lost there were no more data transmissions. And they did stand there with people from RR there and state this.
To aid maintenance, most airlines use the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), which automatically collates and files four technical reports during every flight so that engineers can spot problems. These reports are sent via VHF radio or satellite at take-off, during the climb, at some point while cruising, and on landing.
As the engine data is filtered from a larger ACARS report covering all the plane's critical flight systems and avionics...
Link
zayonara
Where are all the psychics, seers, mystics, prophets, sages...if we ever needed them, now is the time.
zayonara
Where are all the psychics, seers, mystics, prophets, sages...if we ever needed them, now is the time.
roadgravel
Isn't the engine data sent via the ACARS system which went out. Looks like wanna be reporters might be creating their own versions of facts also.
MRuss
reply to post by Mikeultra
Is he setting the stage for some future terrorist plot--false flag?