A British newspaper has claimed to have obtained the full transcript of communication in the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 before it mysteriously disappeared.
The alleged transcript lasts just 54 minutes, from its taxi on the runway to its final message at 1.07am.
The Telegraph reported the communication between the pilots of flight MH370 and control tower, transcribed from Mandarin to English.
Last words: Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid.
Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid.
The newspaper reported that analysts stated the communications were ‘‘routine’’ but that several messages stood out as being unusual, although not necessarily suspicious.
The first message deemed unusual was when the cockpit reported the aircraft was flying at 35,000 feet as that fact had already been communicated six minutes earlier.
The second unusual part was that communication was reportedly cut off and the aircraft’s sharp turn westward occurred at the a time when air traffic controllers in Kuala Lumpur were about to handover control to those in Ho Chi Minh City.
The transcript ends with the widely reported sign-off by co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid: “All right, good night”.
22/03/14 Alana Schetzer/Sydney Morning Herald
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The alleged transcript lasts just 54 minutes, from its taxi on the runway to its final message at 1.07am.
The Telegraph reported the communication between the pilots of flight MH370 and control tower, transcribed from Mandarin to English.
Last words: Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid.
Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid.
The newspaper reported that analysts stated the communications were ‘‘routine’’ but that several messages stood out as being unusual, although not necessarily suspicious.
The first message deemed unusual was when the cockpit reported the aircraft was flying at 35,000 feet as that fact had already been communicated six minutes earlier.
The second unusual part was that communication was reportedly cut off and the aircraft’s sharp turn westward occurred at the a time when air traffic controllers in Kuala Lumpur were about to handover control to those in Ho Chi Minh City.
The transcript ends with the widely reported sign-off by co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid: “All right, good night”.
22/03/14 Alana Schetzer/Sydney Morning Herald
