ClaimOpen
Blelly & Marchand: last log-on is not necessarily a straight dive
Independent paper used by Mentour: right-engine flame-out, APU start, cross-feed, possible eastward or gliding end. BFO steep-descent figures can be read as a manoeuvre, not only as a wreck on the arc.
Capt. Patrick Blelly and Jean-Luc Marchand argue the 00:19 pair is compatible with a still-controlled aeroplane managing remaining fuel. If they are right, search boxes glued to the 7th arc can miss. The official model remains dual flame-out and uncontrolled descent. This is a live geometric dispute, not a finding.
Sources
- Blelly & Marchand, known and recalculated trajectory
Related
HypothesisOpen
Controlled descent / ditching
Someone still flying at the end
HypothesisOfficial finding
Fuel exhaustion, then uncontrolled descent at the 7th arc
Prevailing official end-of-flight model
EvidenceOfficial finding8 Mar 2014 00:19 UTC
The 7th arc
00:19:29 UTC aircraft-initiated log-on
DocumentProbable16 Mar 2024
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PersonConfirmed
Capt. Patrick Blelly & Jean-Luc Marchand
Independent trajectory paper