FROM DAILY MAIL UK LATEST DAILY MAIL UK Officials convinced two communications systems on missing jet were deliberately shut off 14-minutes apart as it emerges aircraft DID keep pinging for hours after vanishing at 35,000 ft Malaysian Airways flight MH370 went missing on Saturday morning carrying 239 passengers Its last known position was above the South China Sea an hour into flying U.S. official said two separate communication systems were shut down deliberately shortly after take-off Despite this, tracking signals or pings were sent to British firms satellite from the plane for up to five further hours after it vanished These pings show the planes altitude, height and speed According to US officials when the last ping was sent the plane was still flying at 35,000ft over water Investigators have not revealed where the plane was last positioned Flying at 35,000ft at its cruising speed the aircraft could have flown more than 2,500 miles from where it vanished The White House has indicated the search will now concentrate in the Indian Ocean
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 04:13:13 +0000
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