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For questions about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's disappearance. Please make your question as specific as possible; general questions inviting speculation about the cause or nature of the incident ("What do you think happened?") may be placed on hold until factual information is available.

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How does one interpret the satellite data on flight MH370?

TL;DR. Use the BTO not the difference in time-stamps for request & acknowledge. BTO is an offset in μs, not a round-trip time. There's a mean bias value (-495,679 μs) that includes the signal proces …
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Doppler shift in appendix G of ATSB report for the MH370 incident

1. Why should the Aircraft Latitude affect the Doppler frequency shift? It seems to me that table 6 is a check to test whether the equation on page 55 can reliably be used to predict the possible …
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How does an aircraft report crew programming of the FMS to the ground?

The earlier report referred to in the question has been contradicted by a later report. This undermines the premise of the question. Currently (24/3/2014) it appears there is no evidence that any chan …
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MH370 Curved Track / Arc to southwest...Isn't this also affected by the Earth's motion?

The earth's rotation affects aircraft in much the same way as it affects you and I on the surface. From that perspective we are all being carried along at around 1000 MPH. Since the atmosphere is a ve …
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Why is only a single underwater robotic submarine Bluefin-21 being deployed in the search fo...

Bluefin-21 Why not multiple Bluefin-21's There is only one Bluefin-21. The other Bluefins 12S, 12D, 9M etc are mostly for shallow water work. Other AUVs The Bluefin-21 is not the only commerc …
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Could flight MH370 have suffered decompression due to a high altitude bird strike?

would such a scenario fit the known facts about MH370? The evidence presented by the team searching for the aircraft includes No voice communications using any of multiple radio systems availab …
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How can a computer model yield two possible flight paths of MH370 in South Indian Ocean?

how they can come up with such specific paths? Diagrams in news organisations graphics published in March and April 2014 vary widely in what they show and appear to be artistic impressions. These …
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Are there any Airworthiness Directives for the Boeing 777 that might explain MH370's disappe...

Are there currently any ADs for Boing 777s which would indicate the potential for catastrophic electronic system failures that might explain MH370's transponder failure and other issues? No one o …
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How could MH370 fly west to Straits of Malacca within time frame without being seen on Radar?

The essence of your question seems to be Did Malaysian officials claim MH370 flew from BITOD to Palau Perak in 39 minutes? Currently I don't see enough primary evidence to support that claim. Use …
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