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Originally Posted by v_tec
Does anyone recall what time MH officially declare it was missing? I think it was 8/9am too...
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I skimmed a couple older articles but none mention when the announcement was made other than after it was supposed to have landed, but the interesting part is that they initially said the plane was lost from ATC and went missing at 2:40 after two hours of flight. However, we now know that the plane was lost at 1:17 and picked up on the west coast at 2:40 (which was at first denied, and then confirmed). Considering the track record of MH so far, I'd say they knew about at least some of these pings from the start.
edit: Press conference summed up on another forum:
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press conference points/confirmations:
high degree of certainty that acars was disabled.
transponder shut off.
malaysian radar had primary return of mh370.
aircraft movement is consistent with deliberate action of someone on plane.
raw satellite data confirms that the aircraft on malaysian primary radar was mh370
faa/ntsb/aaib/malaysian authorities all concur.
ending search operation in the South China Sea
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last confirmed satellite communication at 8:11 AM malaysian time
satellite data cannot confirm precise location of plane when it contacted satellite.
malaysian authorities and internationoal counterpoints confirm that the final location CAN be narrowed down to one of two corridors:
northern corridor: around Kazakhstan / Turkmenistan border to northern Thailand
southern corridor: from Indonesia to southern Indian Ocean
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