Missing Malaysian Flight
Black Box Down
00:00
The Transponder Isn't Turned Off, Is It?
Flight three seven zero disappeared from the radar screen entirely, for both quala land por radar and hocheman radar when it was near the way point bitod. So air traffic control used secondary radar, which relies on a signal emitted by the transponder and each aircraft. At one 30 in the morning, hocheman asked the captain of another aircraft to attempt contact with flight three 70,. If you can't get in touch with your friend, you might call their neighbors and ask like, ahey, can you go check on so and so? Yes so. That other captain for the other plane said he was able to establish communication, but he could only hear mumbling and static
Transcript
Play full episode
