MH370 Timeline - Pre-Flight/0029:33 MYT

00:29:33 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014

This page provides details for events related to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which occurred at or near the time of 00:29:33 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014.
Note: Malaysian Time (MYT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) plus 8 hours. Return to Timeline

Summary

A status report for the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) was generated by the Aircraft Condition Monitoring System (ACMS) which is interfaced with ACARS. The APU Report was then sent by ACARS over the satellite communications datalink.

The report stated the total APU cycles and hours were 15,699 cycles and 22,093 hours. APU hours for the previous flight was 4 hours.

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Event Details

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

   
   

   Time 16:29:33	Trans 46818489	Direction Incoming Downlink	AN 9M-MRO	FI MH0370	Medium IOR2	Machine MHKULKJACM001	Raw DTG 071629	SMI DFD	Application RELAY
   Status Normal		Message Type B777 APU Report			Source/Destination QXSXMXS

   QU DPCCAMH
   .QXSXMXS 071629
   DFD
   FI MH0370/AN 9M-MRO
   DT QXT IOR2 071629 D00A
   - MAS002A0     B777 APU OPS REPORT         332
   

   ACID	FLT	FM	FLCT	DATE	GMT	DPT	DST
   MRO	S370	PO	318	07/03/14	16:29:12	WMKK	ZBAA

   SWID	SFC
   316A-BSM-710-02	17911

   APU CYC	APU TOT HRS	APU PREV FLT HRS
   15699	22093	4

   
   

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Notes

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Malaysian Time (MYT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 8 hours

Auxiliary Power Unit

Aircraft Condition Monitoring System

Aircraft Communication and Reporting System

satellite communication from the aircraft to the ground earth station

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

Operations

AirCraft ID

Flight Number

Flight Phase

Report Copy number

Greenwich Mean Time

Departure Airport

Destination Airport

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 9M-MRO

7 March 2014

ICAO 4-letter location indicator for Kuala Lumpur International Airport

ICAO 4-letter location indicator for Beijing Capital International Airport (formerly Peking)

Software Identification

Auxiliary Power Unit cycles

Auxiliary Power Unit Total Hours

Auxiliary Power Unit hours on previous flight