Egyptair Flight MS804 : ACARS Data Shows Blown Out Windows in Cockpit – Shades of Flight MH17?

by Scott Creighton

The French have produced some new ACARS data regarding the crash of Flight MS804. The information is being seized upon by the MSM in order to show the downing of the flight was a slower moving process than originally thought. To this end, they harp on the smoke detectors going off near the cockpit. What they fail to mention is the extremely interesting fact that two windows in the cockpit seem to have been broken or opened. Why is that interesting? Well, does MH17 ring any bells?

I think it is safe too say, the crew did not decide to open the windows for some fresh air at 37,000 ft. Could be that something detonated in the avionics compartment below the cockpit, but that remains to be seen.

What follows is the original ACARS data from the source as well as a description of what each warning means.

from AV Herald (original source)

On May 20th 2016 The Aviation Herald received information from three independent channels, that ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) messages with following content were received from the aircraft:

00:26Z 3044 ANTI ICE R WINDOW
00:26Z 561200 R SLIDING WINDOW SENSOR
00:26Z 2600 SMOKE LAVATORY SMOKE
00:27Z 2600 AVIONICS SMOKE
00:28Z 561100 R FIXED WINDOW SENSOR
00:29Z 2200 AUTO FLT FCU 2 FAULT
00:29Z 2700 F/CTL SEC 3 FAULT
no further ACARS messages were received.

Early May 21st 2016 the French BEA confirmed there were ACARS messages just prior to break down of communications warning however that they are insufficient to understand the causes of the accident until flight data or cockpit voice recorders have been found. Priority as of current is to find the wreckage and the recorders.

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The following descriptions of what these warning means comes from the Telegraph:

00:26Z 3044 ANTI ICE R WINDOW: There’s a fault in the right cockpit window’s heating element. The window should be heated to stave off ice but it isn’t working.

00:26Z 561200 R SLIDING WINDOW SENSOR: There’s a fault in the co-pilot’s sliding window sensor. This sensor tells the crew if a cockpit window is closed or not.

00:26Z 2600 SMOKE LAVATORY SMOKE: Smoke has been detected in one of the lavatories. The smoke detector is an optical sensor and detects if a cloud has come between two points of light. It detects smoke but also fog inside the cabin.

00:27Z 2600 AVIONICS SMOKE: Smoke has been detected in the avionics compartment. Located underneath the cockpit, this area can be entered via a latch in the cockpit or via a latch at the nose wheel. It is a big area where all the aircraft computers are located.

00:28Z 561100 R FIXED WINDOW SENSOR: There’s a fault in another cockpit window on the right side.

00:29Z 2200 AUTO FLT FCU 2 FAULT: There’s a fault in the Autopilot Flight Control Unit 2. There are two channels in the control unit and losing one will result in the spare one taking over automatically.

00:29Z 2700 F/CTL SEC 3 FAULT:  There’s a fault in the system that controls the wing’s spoilers, the portion of the wing that rises during landing. This is the final entry.

At 37,000 “opening” a window in the cockpit is a catastrophic event. What follows from there could be anything really. What is being called “smoke” in the cabin could be smog or some other problem with the atmosphere. I’m not sure. But as everyone admits, the first problem recorded is an “opening” of the window on the co-pilot’s side of the plane.

As we learned during the investigation of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17. surface to air missile systems may target the cockpit of an aircraft.

I need to find the data released by Greek authorities detailing the last movements of the flight before it disappeared and compare that info to this.

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