The last (8th) "ping" received by Inmarsat from MH 370 was when the plane was on the ground, as indicated by the diagram below, not in the Indian Ocean arc described and now searched.
That last (partial, and not well understood) "ping" likely came from somewhere close to the borders of Khazakstan and Xinjiang, IMO.
Lots of flat land out there, making the likelihood that MH 370 landed, didn't crash, after 8 hours flight
This last "pin"g came 8 minutes after the last complete "ping" at 8.11 am.
The last info received by Boeing was at approximately 4 hours after it went off radar at 2.15 am, indicating that the engines were still running (thus the plane had not not crashed), at 6.15 am, about 2 hrs before the last Inmarsat received "ping".
The engines stopped
before Inmarsat picked up on the plane's last known location 2 hrs later.
Given that scenario, it appears that the plane landed up in central Asia at aprox. 6.15 am(Malaysian time) 8th March.
Lots of flat land out there, making the likelihood that MH 370 landed,so didn't crash, after < 8 hours flight.
Anti-terror expert Dr Sally Leivesley, a former Home Office official, believes the speed, altitude and direction of the aircraft could have been changed by sending radio signals from a device.
She said: “It might well be the world’s first cyber hijack. There appears to be an element of planning from someone with a very sophisticated systems [at]engineering understanding.”
Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370: Jet could have LANDED as final satellite signal may have been sent from ground - Mirror Online
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