Flight MH370/2014-03-08/00-42-04 MYT

Event Summary

 00:42:04 MYT Saturday 08 March 2014

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After take-off, the IFE SMS e-mail application sent a Departure Message via the SATCOM. This message recorded the official departure time as 1642 UTC Friday 7 March 2014 (0042 MYT Saturday 08 March 2014).

Event Details

1. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 1.9.5 Table 1.9C - Chronology of Satellite Communications Ground Station Logs

   No.	Time (UTC)	Key Observations - Satellite Ground Station Logs
   5.	1642:04 (0042:04 MYT)	After take-off, the IFE SMS e-mail application sends a normal beginning-of-flight message. The message contained the correct AES ID, Flight ID "MAS370", origin airport "WMKK", and destination airport "ZBAA". This indicates that the IFE was receiving the Flight ID, origin airport and destination airport from AIMS and the ICAO (AES) ID from the SDU at this time.

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Notes

1. In Table 1.9C the SMS e-mail message is called a 'beginning-of-flight message'. However, the Safety Investigation Report Section 2.2.4 is titled Departure Message of MH370.

2. Information about the Departure Message of MH370 has been collated into an article MH370 Departure Message.

   A copy of the Departure Message is shown below:-

   

   Figure 2.2C - Departure Message of MH370

   Source: Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 2.2.4 Departure Message of MH370

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In Flight Entertainment system

Short Message Service, a text message

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Airborne Earth Station

Identification

Flight Identifier, for example MH370

Malaysia Airline Systems flight MH370

Aircraft identification Malaysian 370

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (ICAO 4-letter location indicator)

Beijing Capital International Airport (formerly Peking) (ICAO 4-letter location indicator)

Airplane Information Management System

International Civil Aviation Organisation

Satellite Data Unit

The Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 was released by the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 in July 2018. More Info