The mechanics of Malaysia's missing flight

One of the most baffling aspects facing searchers for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane is how such a modern jet-liner could vanish with no indication of technical problems.

The last voice communication with the pilot of flight MH-370 was a routine call to hand the plane over to Vietnamese traffic control.

But Onboard transponders also track the plane’s position as well as its mechanical performance. The Malaysian Airlines Triple 7 has Rolls Royce engines that send data and monitor engine performance.

The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, claimed the engines on Flight MH-370 kept sending out data for four hours after its last known position.

If true, the plane could have covered another 4,000 kilometres and gone as far as China, India or even Australia.

Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor-Wood looks into the plane's state-of-the-art communications systems.

[MarigotZoe]

conspiracy theorist are going crazy with this event

[rajtamil]

Did anyone checked in the outer space.

[bpk]

Didn't RR deny that they've received any of this data as well?

[hdaviator]

My hypothesis is that the plane wen't through a time rift. They have indeed gone back in time and have landed in an airport where time has stopped, except their plane is the only thing where time is in the present. Soon after, they are attacked by balls with huge mouths that are actually the time keepers of eternity and they then start eating everyone. Bob however, has an idea to fly through the time rip again. And so they refuel the aircraft and fly through the rip. They are now in Los Angeles waiting for the future to catch up with the present. They are fine everybody, no problem. 

[donnycross]

Has anyone, Googled it, just a thought