But apparently FAA, NTSB, and US Intel already reached the conclusion that the lateral track was not random meandering.
Conclusion
The Captain signed off after he turned the transponder off.
Stated as conclusion
I think that shows the plane still under control of someone...........
Opinion stated as a conclusion.
Plane continued to 'ping' satellites for up to 6 hours after so called crash.
Stated as fact - therefore a conclusion.
Some people are careful about differentiating between 'educated guesses', opinions, and FACTS.
Originally Posted by
AZFlyer
What do you mean by 'signed off'? And is that 100% confirmed fact? Is there not any non-malicious reason why someone would do that?
The only thing we, the public, know for certain is that the airplane didn't arrive at its intended destination and that we don't know where it is now. There are no other hard 100% established facts known about this mystery.
Originally Posted by
Dougdrvr
NO ONE knows that the transponder was turned off. This is why words matter so much in an accident investigation and why the NTSB is so diligent it how they word their press releases and statements. What we are seeing is an example of a wild west accident investigation, without the NTSB, and the media in charge. Impressive, isn't it?
Originally Posted by
FDXLAG
Please highlight the post where someone has drawn a conclusion. I see lots of educated guesses, plenty of historical references, even some fairly good technical explanations; but no conclusions. Any post will do.
I only went back to posts from page 35....but I'd bet that there are a few more posts in the thread using the words 'facts' in them when referencing this current mystery when actually there are actually very few in this case. I think on this most would agree.