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Originally Posted by Stuart
Could something have depressurised the plane and knocked out the electrical supply at the same time? Would the transponder or ACAR have automatic backup power if this happened?
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I don't know.
But if it did continue to fly on autopilot, it could have ended up coming down in a remote part of Russia.
It's clearly evident that it didn't crash on course at the point contact was lost.
So that means it either changed course, or continued flying on course.
So you have questions, if it continued flying on course how far did it fly? You should be able work that out by how much fuel was on board. That would then give you a potential search area.
If the plane altered course, it could be anywhere, but again if you know how much fuel it had on board you would have a radius in which to look, provided it didn't ditch early.
I think this will run and run, but more resources need to be thrown at and more countries need to get involved.