Fizz
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well, i just downloaded the csv file for the FDR raw data. it isnt actually the raw data but i digress.
first let me start out by saying that the file is so large that excel can not open the complete file. it only opens the first 65,000 lines or so.
it does show the door closed for the aircraft used for flight 77. interestingly enough it also gives the lattitude and longitude of the flight at the time but no timestamp. by looking at the lattitude and longitude it seems that my data cuts out before flight 77 takes place (due to the limits of excel to display the file).
however, by checking the lattitude and longitude i can see that i have at least 6 flights worth of data and maybe as high as 12 or more flights. not once in any flight was the door ever recorded as open.
but it gets even better. at several times the FDR was recording the data while the plane was parked!!! for instance, the lattitude and longitude remained exactly the same for quite some time. put the lattitude and longitude into google maps and up pops chicago o'hare airport, for example. never does the FDR says the door was opened. not once.
the file is available for anyone to look at on the ntsb site i posted earlier. before arguing with me check the data for yourself please.
so in summary:
1. my computer couldnt open the entire file so i couldnt verify the claims that the data for the flight deck door never was recorded open on flight 77. i have no reason to think the data would show that it had opened.
2. i was able to open about 65,000 lines of the file and not once was the cockpit door ever recorded as open. this data covers several long distance flights. maybe as many as 12.
3. while the plane was sitting parked at the airport the FDR was recording and the door was NEVER recorded as open.
4. the NTSB report says the data is unavailable which is the only logical explanation of the door NEVER being recorded as open one single time in 12 flights including the times it was stopped on the ground.
first let me start out by saying that the file is so large that excel can not open the complete file. it only opens the first 65,000 lines or so.
it does show the door closed for the aircraft used for flight 77. interestingly enough it also gives the lattitude and longitude of the flight at the time but no timestamp. by looking at the lattitude and longitude it seems that my data cuts out before flight 77 takes place (due to the limits of excel to display the file).
however, by checking the lattitude and longitude i can see that i have at least 6 flights worth of data and maybe as high as 12 or more flights. not once in any flight was the door ever recorded as open.
but it gets even better. at several times the FDR was recording the data while the plane was parked!!! for instance, the lattitude and longitude remained exactly the same for quite some time. put the lattitude and longitude into google maps and up pops chicago o'hare airport, for example. never does the FDR says the door was opened. not once.
the file is available for anyone to look at on the ntsb site i posted earlier. before arguing with me check the data for yourself please.
so in summary:
1. my computer couldnt open the entire file so i couldnt verify the claims that the data for the flight deck door never was recorded open on flight 77. i have no reason to think the data would show that it had opened.
2. i was able to open about 65,000 lines of the file and not once was the cockpit door ever recorded as open. this data covers several long distance flights. maybe as many as 12.
3. while the plane was sitting parked at the airport the FDR was recording and the door was NEVER recorded as open.
4. the NTSB report says the data is unavailable which is the only logical explanation of the door NEVER being recorded as open one single time in 12 flights including the times it was stopped on the ground.
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