Originally Posted by
pilotrob23
Listen, this is was sounds plausible. Until you hear the aircraft is flying to waypoints, and for hours and hours. Maybe a fire took out the ACARS, transponder, etc., but the climbs and descents, and point to point flying after the fact are key points here. I am waiting for more facts here, too much political influence going on, and the whole story is not being told. Gets weirder and weirder.
I hadn't heard about the known-waypoints (and if that is true, how close did they get? Just "near," or dead-on? And if dead-on, where is the tracking information that proved it? That would suggest they knew where it was). There are lots of known-waypoints in the world, so just flying randomly, one could argue it appeared it was deliberate navigation.
If I recall correctly, the A-320 had seven Flight-Control computers; four primary, and three that did some auxiliary function, and they are all located in the cockpit. I am making an assumption the 777 is similar, and if the E&E fire scenario is plausible, it would also support the premise the aircraft could continue to fly thereafter.