After the plane vanished from radar, the only clues came from a satellite system operated by Inmarsat (a communications company, not Boeing).
* The aircraft’s system sent a series of automatic “handshakes” (pings) to a satellite.
* These pings did NOT include GPS location—only timing and frequency metadata.
* Engineers analyzed this data (called BTO/BFO) to estimate distance and direction.
funtime 发表评论于 2026-05-03 11:33:00
Boeing has not made public announcement detailing new satellite tracking information about the missing plane since the initial, critical weeks following the plane’s disappearance in March 2014. Instead, Boeing acted as a technical advisor to official investigators, and the key satellite data was provided by a British firm. While many called for more transparency regarding the “raw” satellite data, Boeing has not issued public statements to suggest they possess findings contrary to the established belief that the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean.
