Chris Sorensen states that “The world's oceans remain gaping blind spots for air traffic controllers, and systems to accurately track planes offshore are still years away.” This statement could not be more true for the Malaysia Flight 370 that went missing without a trace. Not much information was available as to what happened and where the plane actually went. The flight left Kuala Lumpur Airport and were heading for Beijing. With two-hundred thirty-nine people aboard, twelve of them being crew members, the plane went off the radar and it is still a question as to why. The flight left the airport at 12:41am on March 8, 2014. They had at least eight hours of fuel to get to their destination in Beijing. The last source of communication they
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The ACARS system is used to transmit data about the performance of the engines back to the manufacturer, Rolls-Royce. The system continued to send out signals to a nearby satellite, which showed they flew hours after the loss of contact. With there being no location data, investigators had to piece together clues about where the plane could of been. It wasn’t long before the investigation turned towards the pilots. It was believed that someone with knowledge of the 777 had intentionally turned off the transponders to avoid being detected. Malaysian defence minister stated that the ACARS was turned off before the last contact. A former pilot suggested that it was a simply cockpit fire. The crew may have tried to change the flight course. The Malaysia airlines pu up all the family members whom had loved ones on the flight. They wanted them to be close so they could have meetings for updates. Wen, the wife of a chinese passenger, stated “The information they gave us was useless, and a lot of it was confusing.” The families believed that they were not getting all of the information. Although they did not have very much information to give out, they were still searching and trying to find out what happened to the plane and the two-hundred eighty-nine people
The ACARS system is used to transmit data about the performance of the engines back to the manufacturer, Rolls-Royce. The system continued to send out signals to a nearby satellite, which showed they flew hours after the loss of contact. With there being no location data, investigators had to piece together clues about where the plane could of been. It wasn’t long before the investigation turned towards the pilots. It was believed that someone with knowledge of the 777 had intentionally turned off the transponders to avoid being detected. Malaysian defence minister stated that the ACARS was turned off before the last contact. A former pilot suggested that it was a simply cockpit fire. The crew may have tried to change the flight course. The Malaysia airlines pu up all the family members whom had loved ones on the flight. They wanted them to be close so they could have meetings for updates. Wen, the wife of a chinese passenger, stated “The information they gave us was useless, and a lot of it was confusing.” The families believed that they were not getting all of the information. Although they did not have very much information to give out, they were still searching and trying to find out what happened to the plane and the two-hundred eighty-nine people