I'm sure you're all as shocked as I am that such news is just now coming out.
The co-pilot of missing flight MH370 made a call from his mobile phone as the aircraft flew low over the west coast of Malaysia.
Investigators have learned that the call was made from Fariq Abdul Hamid’s mobile phone as the Boeing 777 flew low near the island of Penang, on the north of Malaysia’s west coast.
The New Straits Times reported today that it was understood the aircraft, with 239 people on board, was flying low enough for the nearest telecommunications tower to pick up Fariq’s signal.
The call ended abrupty, however it has been learned that contact was definitely established with a telecommunications sub-station in Penang state.
The paper said it had been unable to ascertain who Fariq was trying to call ‘as sources chose not to divulge details of the investigation.’
It added: ‘The telco’s (telecommunications company’s) tower established the call that he was trying to make.
‘On why the call was cut off, it was likely because the aircraft was fast moving away from the tower and had not come under the coverage of the next one,’ the paper said, quoting ‘sources’.
3 comments:
There was also reports of a single call made (to or from) the captain of that flight just prior to take off...the phone call involved a woman who did not provide identification when she purchased the phone involved in that call involving the Captain.
Investigators reveal MH370 co-pilot tried to make a call from his mobile phone after the aircraft 'vanished' but 'was abruptly cut off' as U.S. deny reports the plane landed at their remote military base
The call from co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid was made after normal communication between the aircraft and ground control was lost - raising speculation that something had occurred and he was trying to raise the alarm.
We don't know whether it was a live call, by which I mean a real time voice connection between the stricken aircraft, and the subscriber on the ground.
If it was a text or voice-mail message, via satellite, it could have been stored and delayed if the channel was busy. Let's not forget that the voicemail messages of some people who died on 9/11 were relayed to their recipients on 9/12, leading to false hopes.
Monty
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