MH370 ACARS disabled before last radio contact

The ACARS reporting system on the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was taken off air prior to the pilots’ last radio contact with Malaysian ATC, Malaysian defense and transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said. At an afternoon press briefing in Kuala Lumpur, the minister confirmed the brief...

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