[SystemSafety] MH370

[Robert Schaefer at 300]

The explanation could be a telemetry timestamp with a timezone error - easy mistake to make.

How does a telemetry processor know what time it is, or what timezone it's in?
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From: systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de <systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> on behalf of Patrick Graydon <patrick.graydon at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 8:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] MH370

On 13 Mar, 2014, at 13:35, Robert Schaefer at 300 <schaefer_robert at dwc.edu> wrote:

> The latest from the Wall Street Journal suggests the plan may have been commandeered and the transponders shut off.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304914904579434653903086282-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwMzExNDMyWj​

The article suggests this based on receipt of engine telemetry data showing engines running until after five AM.  But the Guardian is reporting that the airline, Boeing, and Rolls Royce are all flatly denying receipt of engine telemetry from after 01.07:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2014/mar/13/mh370-no-sign-of-debris-detected-by-chinese-satellite-live-updates

— Patrick

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