[frik]

Can an aviation expert decipher the following data?

  MH370/MAS370
  Boing 777-2H6ER
  Registration 9M-MRO
  Altitude 0ft
  Speed 471 kt
  Track 40°
  Vertical Speed 0 fpm
  Lattitude: 6.97
  Longitude: 103.63
  Radar: F-WMKC1
  Squawk: 2157

source: http://www.flightradar24.com/2014-03-07/16:46/12x/MAS370/2d8...

That particular airplane was delivered new to Malaysia Airlines in May 2002 and was involved in a ground mishap in 2012. While taxiing at Shanghai's Pudong airport, its wingtip hit the tail of another aircraft. According to an independent accident-tracking site, the damage suffered by the Boeing 777 was "substantial.": http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=147571

[yock]

Probably an incomplete or corrupt report. It would be an incredible coincidence of timing for the system to produce a location data point precisely at the moment that the aircraft hit the water and before the system was destroyed. This is probably an incomplete report when aircraft left the coverage area or if the system malfunctioned mid-air and mid-transmission.

[tuxguy]

from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/world/asia/malaysia-airlin...

"Malaysia Airlines confirmed that the missing aircraft had been involved in a collision with another plane in 2012 at the Shanghai airport that resulted in damage to the Malaysian aircraft’s wingtip. But the airline said the wing was repaired by Boeing and declared safe to fly."