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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Timeline - Pre-Flight

Pre-Flight

KLIA to South China Sea

South China Sea to Straits of Malacca

Straits of Malacca to Andaman Sea

Andaman Sea to North Indian Ocean

North Indian Ocean to Southern Indian Ocean

Event Summary

 00:09:28 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014

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In an ACARS message from the aircraft, Captain Shah responded to the request to acknowledge the Final Loadsheet by writing LS FINAL OK and quoting his licence number 751.

Event Details

1. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Appendix 1.9A

   
   

   Time 16:09:28	Trans 46818215	Direction Incoming Downlink	AN 9M-MRO	FI MH0370	Medium IOR2	Machine MHKULKJACM001	Raw DTG 071609	SMI A81	Application RELAY
   Status Normal		Message Type B777 Final Loadsheet Acknowledgement			Source/Destination QXSXMXS

   QU DPCCAMH
   .QXSXMXS 071609
   A81
   FI MH0370/AN 9M-MRO
   DT QXT IOR2 071609 M00A
   - LS FINAL OK
   751 KUL

   
   

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Notes

1. The Final Load Sheet sent to 9M-MRO via ACARS at 00:06:32 MYT ended with the request:
   PLSE ACK WITH "LS FINAL OK (LIC NO) (DEP STATION-ICAO)" WHEN RECEIVE LS
2. The response from the aircraft at 00:09:28 MYT is contained in this part of the ACARS message:
   LS FINAL OK 751 KUL
3. From the profile of the Pilot-in-Command in Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 1.5.2 Pilot in Command (PIC) we know that Captain Shah's licence number is A751. Therefore we can say with reasonable certainty that the Captain responded to the request.

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Aircraft Communication and Reporting System

Load Sheet

Aircraft Number

Aircraft Registration Number for the Boeing 777 used for Flight MH370. More Info

Flight ID

Flight ID MH370

Inmarsat geostationary satellite above the Indian Ocean

Unique hardware (machine) ID

Date and Time (UTC) in DD/HH/MM format

Date and Time (UTC) in DD/HH/MM format

Standard Message Identifier

Boeing 777 aircraft

An identifier for SITA, a service provider for ACARS messages.

An identifier for SITA, a service provider for ACARS messages.

Valid Flight ID: MH370

Aircraft Number (Registration) 9M-MRO

Captain Shah's Air Transport Pilot Licence number A751

Please

Acknowledge, meaning "Let me know that you have received and understood this message". (Source: FAA)

Licence Number

Departure

International Civil Aviation Organisation

Pilot in Command