Last 'Ping' Occurred While Missing Jet Was Over Water

BALTIMORE, Maryland March 14, 2014 (4:08 pm) - Lost in the sensational news that the Missing Malaysian Jet with 239 people on board continued aloft for some five hours after its last appeared on radar early Saturday morning was the important note that the last ping occurred over water. The Wall Street Journal reported today that pings or pulses from data transmitters affixed to the Boeing 777 Jet's engines continued to emit data long after the Jet dropped off of military radar at 2:15 am Saturday morning. The Journal also reported that the last ping occurred while the jet was over water. But little attention was paid to that detail. However, that bit of information corroborates the decision made on Thursday to deploy the USS Kidd, an elite American Battleship with state of the art tracking equipment, to locations deep in the Indian Ocean, well beyond where the search had been conducted before this. Apparently the decision to deploy the Kidd came as a result of learning about the pings and the fact that they ceased when the plane was over the Indian Ocean. At 5:30 pm Fox reported that there is news that the Missing Jet climbed to over 40,000 feet before dropping rapidly to 23,000 feet, which is news that could support a number of theories.

Also today the United States took pains to emphasixe that until the plane is found Malaysia is in charge of the investigation. Malaysia is taking the lead because that is where the flight originated, and because the plane did not come close to arriving at its destination, at least as far as anybody knows. Malaysian Authorities have come under intense scrutiny for the manner in which they are disseminating information. At times the information in contradictory. At times the Malaysian Government officials who appear at news conferences are unaware of the new information on the case that other nations are telling the media about. Apparently there has been some kind of behind-closed-doors agreement to allow Malaysia to perform their duties until such time as the Jet is found. Once it is found, the country where the crash occurred takes over as lead investigator. If the crash occurred in International Waters, Malaysia will retain the lead in the investigation.