Malaysia focuses search on two possible flight corridors
- 10 years ago
The Malaysian government has asked 14 countries along the northern and southern corridors of the missing MH370 flight's possible flight paths to assist in the search, according to a Channel News Asia report.
The jet's last signal was picked up by a satellite at 8:11 a.m. Based on the information, the aircraft's possible locations spread along two arcs: a northern corridor that stretches from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand; and a southern corridor that spans from Indonesia to the southern Indian ocean. During the press conference on Monday night, officials said they had requested radar and satellite information from countries along the search corridor.
Malaysia said it believed that it was the co-pilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid, who uttered the last words 'All right, good night' to air traffic controllers.
Malaysian officials, however, have compounded the mystery surrounding the missing airliner by presenting different information on when the jet's aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) was switched off. On Sunday, Malaysia's Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the system was deliberately turned off at 1:07 a.m before someone in the cockpit verbally communicated with air traffic control for the very last time.
However, Malaysia Airlines clarified that the airliner transmitted its final signal through its ACARS system at 1:07 a.m. and they could not pinpoint the exact time when the system ceased operation. This means that the jet may have been still been cruising normally before 1:19 a.m., when the transponder was shut down.
The jet's last signal was picked up by a satellite at 8:11 a.m. Based on the information, the aircraft's possible locations spread along two arcs: a northern corridor that stretches from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand; and a southern corridor that spans from Indonesia to the southern Indian ocean. During the press conference on Monday night, officials said they had requested radar and satellite information from countries along the search corridor.
Malaysia said it believed that it was the co-pilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid, who uttered the last words 'All right, good night' to air traffic controllers.
Malaysian officials, however, have compounded the mystery surrounding the missing airliner by presenting different information on when the jet's aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) was switched off. On Sunday, Malaysia's Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the system was deliberately turned off at 1:07 a.m before someone in the cockpit verbally communicated with air traffic control for the very last time.
However, Malaysia Airlines clarified that the airliner transmitted its final signal through its ACARS system at 1:07 a.m. and they could not pinpoint the exact time when the system ceased operation. This means that the jet may have been still been cruising normally before 1:19 a.m., when the transponder was shut down.