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re: Chilling story regarding dissapearance of Malaysia flight 370
Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:15 pm to Slagathor
Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:15 pm to Slagathor
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kill all of the electrical stuff (including cabin pressure controls) to be able to kill the transponder, but it sounds like they're separate somehow.
of course you can turn off the transponder, you normally turn it on when you are ready to participate in the ATC system, you turn it off when you are finished, we leave ours on all of the time in flight, some carriers turn theirs off during extended flight outside of radar contact, and turn it on when approaching radar controlled airspace
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Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:18 pm to 777Tiger
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of course you can turn off the transponder
Why wouldn't it be on all the time? I feel dumb, but at first blush it seems to me like something that shouldn't be open to being disabled by the operator.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:50 pm to 777Tiger
Article mentions satellite communications were disabled only temporarily. About the time they believe the plane climbed to 40000 ft and depresurrized. Curious why satellite was only cut off during this time.
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He believes that during the turn, the airplane climbed up to 40,000 feet, which was close to its limit. During the maneuver the passengers would have experienced some g-forces—that feeling of being suddenly pressed back into the seat. Exner believes the reason for the climb was to accelerate the effects of depressurizing the airplane, causing the rapid incapacitation and death of everyone in the cabin.
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