What we know
- 1:06 - ACARS last transmission (thru VHF)
- 1:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite)
- 1:19 - Transmitter shut off
- 1:21 - 'Alright, Good Night' at handover (supposedly by co-pilot)
(those previous two might be reversed, we have multiple sources seemingly confirming both possibilities. One happened at 1:19. one at 1:21 though)
- approx 1:15-1:30 - Vietnam sees plane turn around
(meaning turn was possibly before transponder was disconnected unless it was a military radar picking up the plane at that location both before and after it went dark. We don't know which told them it turned)
- 1:36 - ACARS misses scheduled transmission
- 1:30-1:45 - at minimum 11 eye witness reports from around and past the Kota Bharu, Malaysia/Thailand border areas (including one saying 'plane descending fast' like one of the later radar hits indicates)
- 2:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite)
- between 1:30-2:40 - Military radar picks up an "unidentified" plane flying around (and possibly Civilian radar too, as officials said "corroborated by civilian radar" in one of their press conferences). Those include a couple radar hits we have been told about (and who knows how many that haven't been provided/leaked):
... VAMPI
... GIVAL
... IGREX at 2:40 (there might be another possible explanation for this one, as it is sometimes reported one of the above 2 which was at 2:15 is the last time it was picked up)
post 2:15/2:40 apparent absolute complete blackout of plane (except...)
- 3:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite)
- 4:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite)
- 5:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite)
- 6:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite)
- 7:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite) near 40 Degree line
- 8:11 - Boeing received attempted message to their AHM (thru Satellite) on 40 Degree line
A few other things we know(/might know) and notes
- ELT never activates
- absolutely no possible way there is wreckage at or near last ATC contact point. 14 countries with Ships, Planes and Satellite focusing on the small, unbelievably shallow area can not have missed a 777 for 8 days. Seriously, compare that to AF477 evidence being found on day 2. That is despite AF447 taking place in the middle of the Atlantic in roughly 15,500 Feet of water (with a sub at a depth of 12,800 feet eventually finding the black box), where MH370 was 120 miles off the coast of Kota Bharu (and a similar distance from Vietnam) in water with a mean depth of 150 feet. In fact submerged AF447 debris was spread for over at least 50 miles, or approximately 1/5th-1/6th the distance from land (Malaysia) to land (Vietnam) where MH370 would have been crashing. IT IS JUST NOT THERE!
- no other unexplained "unidentified" radar hits have been reported by any country in the area.
- ACARS never sends(/attempts to send) emergency transmissions indicating systems are being affected from a catastrophic event taking place (compare that to AF447 which sent 25 such messages over the roughly 3 minutes of catastrophic failure)
- the scheduled maintenance troubleshooting system that was refused because of Malaysia not having the AHM subscription is apparently, but not absolutely confirmed, a ACARS report
- it is not confirmed that Boeing received an overall total of 8 AHM attempts; we have been told of "6" such messages. That said, there were a scheduled 6 such messages after disappearing. So, either those are the 6 they are referring to, or the plane landed for 2-3 hours somewhere along the trail (Has any Government indicated they believe it might have landed and taken off prior to 8:11? If not, then the "6" would have to be assumed the 6 coming post last radar contact)
- possible contact from another plane just past 1:30. We do know multiple people were "frantically" attempting to get a hold of it for quite a while after the transponder went off
