Reply #26: MercutioATC will confirm [View All]

[DulceDecorum]

the necessity of the the data being sent
and the nature in which ARINC
(the company that processes the data)
is virtually indispensable to Air Traffic Control.

Aircraft file servers are distinct from ground-based servers, however, because they must be ruggedized and made to meet RTCA DO-160 specifications. They also must withstand temperature extremes.
Typically, file servers are installed on aircraft for the following purposes:
Passenger service, providing e-mail and Internet access, audio and video to passenger seats, wired or wireless.
FLIGHT OPERATIONS (with aircraft communications addressing and reporting system or satellite communications), sending and receiving operational documentation such as minimum equipment lists, weather, weight and balance calculations, PASSENGER MANIFESTS, FLIGHT PLANS, and flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) data; and
Maintenance operations, providing software data loading and connection to the central maintenance system, which allows the ramp/line technician to use a laptop to access post-flight reports, wire diagrams and maintenance manuals.
http://www.aviationtoday.com/cgi/av/show_mag.cgi?pub=av&mon=0204&file=0204product_focus.htm

So, tell us then, RH,
if ACARS was disabled,
then how did that thing remain aloft?
Or are you trying to say that
plane did not even need any hijackers
to smack it into the WTC once the ACARS blinked out?

Incidentally,
you will be happy to know that
ARINC knows for a fact that those Flight 11 cellphone calls are fake.

November 18, 2004
London, UK—ARINC Incorporated and Telenor today gave leading UK and European journalists a demonstration of the technology that will make in-flight mobile phone service a reality.
http://www.arinc.com/news/2004/11-18-04.html

The only way those calls could have been made
is if the plane never ever took off.
Which reminds me,
where are those BTS WHEELS OFF TIMES for Flight 11?