Re: MH370

[Martin Hepworth <maxsec () gmail com>]

The engines talk to Rolls Royce in the UK - take a look at the youtube "how
to build a jet engine" for some good info on this

Also reports in the uk havent shown any extra data since radar contact was
list

Martin

On Thursday, 13 March 2014, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <
rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> (In honour of all those of our ilk who manage to generate panic at the
> slightest
> sign of a possible, potential threat ...)
>
> (I'm at CanSecWest, and some of the talks are getting pretty far out there
> ...)
>
> In the shifting worries about the loss of flight MH370, one fact is getting
> lost.
>
> American authorities have information that MH370 flew on for several hours,
> even after radio, radar, and transponder access was lost.  This is because
> the
> engines apparently communicate with Boeing every half hour while in flight.
>
> This is a massive privacy risk.  Everyone owning or operating a Boeing
> wide-body
> aircraft could be tracked.  In fact, since it is the Rolls Royce engines
> that
> are reporting quite possibly anyone operating any vehicle or vessel
> posered by
> Rolls Royce engines might be susceptible.
>
> The engine data can be used to estimate the speed of the craft.
>  Differential
> data could be used to estimate turns, but may not be reliable.  Since we
> know
> the speed, but not the direction we only have 50% of the data necessary for
> velocity.  According to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, therefore,
> this
> means we have a 50% chance of knowing the position.
>
>
>
> (Too soon?)
>
>
>
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