10:36 AM Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
...But today, (click here) the transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, said: "The last ACARS transmission was 1.07am. It was supposed to transmit at 1.37am but that never happened." Therefore no conclusion can be drawn that the last voice transmission, at 1.19am, took place after the shutdown began....
The last ACARS transmission occurred at 1.07am.
The last voice transmission occurred at 1.19 am.
There was suppose to be an ACARS transmission at 1.37 am.
That 1.37 am transmission did not occur.
...Meanwhile, The Independent has learnt that Malaysian authorities are seeking diplomatic permission to investigate a theory that the plane was flown to one of a number of Taliban strongholds on the border of Afghanistan and North West Pakistan....
There should be no trouble in checking Afghanistan and Pakistan for a large 777 jet. I would find it very odd that a 777 could land anywhere near an airport or landing strip in Afghanistan or Pakistan without the USA military noticing it.Sympathies to the families for their current suffering. Hope may still exist, but, I find it remote.
