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

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Event Summary

 00:42:04 MYT Saturday 8 March 2014

Chronology

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 8 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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Event Metadata

Flight ID	MH370
Event Type	air
Date and Time MYT	8 March 2014 00:42:04 MYT
Date and Time UTC	7 March 2014 16:42:04 UTC
Flight Phase	Phase 2
Data Source	Safety Investigation Report (2018) 1.9.4 / Table 1.9C
Date and Time ISO 8601	2014-03-07T16:42:04Z
ISO 8601 Description	Flight MH370 Event at 2014-03-07T16:42:04Z

8 March 2014   00:42:04 MYT

In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) SMS/e-mail application sends normal beginning-of-flight message via SATCOM, confirming Flight ID �MAS370�, origin �WMKK�, destination �ZBAA�.

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Malaysian Time (MYT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 8 hours

In Flight Entertainment system

Short Message Service, a text message

Satellite Communications

Coordinated Universal Time

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