"All right, good night." These words were uttered by the copilot of missing Malaysian Flight 370, Fariq Abdul Hamid, about the time the crucial signalling systems were disabled, 12 minutes after they gave their last signal over the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System. They were disabled manually, along with the transponder, the instrument that relays the location of the plane, which was shut off two minutes after his final words. Shortly after this, the plane turned back on it's flight path. Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, the CEO of Malaysia Airlines, said that it wasn't clear when the ACARS system, the system that sends a signal every 30 minutes, was shut off. The people at home are very confused about all this. Some relatives of the people who were on the flight are blaming the Malaysian government for giving patchy information on the subject. Twenty six countries are now part of the search for the plane. They think they are narrowing down the spot in which they landed (or possibly crash landed). The Malaysian police have searched both the pilot and copilots houses, and background checks of the passengers, crew, and engineers are being made.
I will state the obvious: This is weird. It seems like with the technology we have today, we would be able to find this plane faster. There must be a reason why Malaysia isn't helping much and giving weird information. I just hope everyone didn't die if it crashed. There were 239 people on that plane, and if they all died, that would be a great loss. I find it funny that all of this equipment was turned off manually. Did one of the pilots turn these things off, or did someone else do it? It's quite perplexing, and this article brings more information to the table about all of this chaos. I didn't have much prior knowledge about this subject. I just knew it disappeared!
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-sign-missing-malaysia-plane-neared-australia-013621823.html;_ylt=A0SO8ws1cSdTLhUAIFpXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0YzIxdWM2BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM1OF8x
3/31/14 I just found out that the real last words were "good night Malaysian 370". That's a bit creepier.
This is really interesting. I don't understand the whole "manually shut off" thing, either. Was the plane hijacked? I wish we had all the answers now, but hopefully, with 26 countries searching for the plane, we will get them soon.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the transponder was manually shut off. This situation is so interesting and so mysterious. I really hope a majority of the people are okay, at least alive!
ReplyDelete"All right, Good Night"
ReplyDeletepeculiar. peculiar indeed
- a simple rhyme
-or a joke alluding to what would happen next?
-innocent
-or devious?
- wishing them a goodnight
- or making them sleep tight?
this is what we must question