Decoding MH370/Tooltips

Decoding MH370 - Tooltips

A significant feature of the software used for this website, called MediaWiki, is the use of Tooltips.

A Tooltip is some additional information which appears on the screen when the cursor or mouse pointer is placed over some text which is faintly underlined.

Tooltips have been created from the Glossary included in each official Report so that when reading an article which may contain a quote from a Report, the meaning of a term is available in context, where it is needed.

Tooltips are so useful they have also been created to decode other information such as the Flight Plan as described below.

Tooltips and the Flight Plan

The following is a text version of the Filed Flight Plan for MH370.

Mouse over any faint underlined text to reveal the meaning.

KLA297   070444
FF   WMKKZQZX   WMKKZRZX
070441   WMKKYOYX
(FPL-MAS370-IS
-B772/H-SDFGHIJ3J5M1RWXY/LB1D1
-WMKK1635
-N0470F290   DCT   PIBOS   R208   IKUKO/M081F330   R208   IGARI   M765
BITOD/N0480F330   L637   TSN/N0480F350   W1   BMT   W12   PCA   G221
BUNTA/N0480F370   A1   IKELA/N0480F370   P901   IDOSI/N0480F390   DCT   CH
DCT   BEKOL/K0900S1160 A461   YIN/K0890S1130   A461   VYK
-ZBAA0534   ZBTJ   ZBSJ
-PBN/A1B1C1D1L1O1S2   DOF/140307   REG/9MMRO   EET/WSJC0032   VVTS0042

ZJSA0210   VHHK0233   ZGZU0304   ZHWH0356   ZPE0450   SEL/QRC   RMK/ACASII
EQUIPPED)

Source: Transcribed from the image in Figure 2.2A from the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Section 2.2.3 Filed Flight Plan of MH370

Note: Occasionally there are unexpected results with Tooltips providing 'help' for an item which matches the criteria but in the wrong context. These events are not common and are corrected whenever noticed.

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Filed Flight Plan – The flight plan as filed with an Air Traffic Services unit by the pilot or his designated representative, without any subsequent changes.

KLIA message, series A, sequence number 297

Priority Indicator for the message category

8-letter address for Lumpur “Area Control Centre”

8-letter address for Lumpur “Approach Radar Office”

Message Filing Time 7 March at 0441 UTC

8-letter Message Originator for KLIA Aeronautical Information Office

Filed Flight Plan message

Malaysia Airline Systems flight MH370

Aircraft identification Malaysian 370

Instrument Flight Rules (I) Scheduled Air Transport (S)

Boeing 777-200/wake turbulence category Heavy

A series of letter codes relating to communications and navigation equipment fitted

See Safety Investigation Report (2018) Section 2.2.3 for details

Departure aerodrome KLIA estimated off-block time 1635 UTC

airspeed 470 knots at flight level 290 (29000 feet)

the flight will proceed direct to

Waypoint Country MY Location Karak Latitude 3° 21' 6.49" N Longitude 102° 3' 16.43" E

Flight Route R208

Waypoint Country SG Latitude 5° 45' 12.00" N Longitude 103° 13' 24.00" E

airspeed Mach 0.81 at flight level 330 (33000 feet)

Waypoint Country SG Latitude 6° 56' 10.00" N Longitude 103° 35' 6.00" E

Flight Route M765

Waypoint Country VN Latitude N07152400 Longitude E104070600

airspeed 480 knots at flight level 330 (33000 feet)

Flight Route L637

Navaid Name TAN SON NHAT. Country VN Location Ho Chi Minh City Type VOR Latitude 10° 48' 59.00" N Longitude 106° 38' 44.00" E

airspeed 480 knots at flight level 350 (35000 feet)

Flight Route W1

Navaid Name BUON MA THUOT. Country VN Location Ðat Lý Type DVOR Latitude 12° 39' 59.00" N Longitude 108° 7' 23.00" E

Flight Route W12

Navaid Name PHU CAT Country VN Location Hòa Dõng Type VOR Latitude 13° 57' 26.00" N Longitude 109° 2' 34.00" E

Flight Route G221

Waypoint Country VN Latitude N16500000 Longitude E109234200

airspeed 480 knots at flight level 370 (37000 feet)

Flight Route A1

Waypoint Country CN Latitude 18° 39' 42.00" N Longitude 112° 14' 42.00" E

Flight Route P901

Waypoint Country HK Latitude 190000N Longitude 1123000E

airspeed 470 knots at flight level 290 (29000 feet)

Cheung Chau

Waypoint Country CN Location Shenzhen Latitude 22° 32' 36.00" N Longitude 114° 7' 60.00" E

airspeed 900 kilometres per hour at flight level 11600 meters

Flight Route A461

Navaid Name YINGDE Country CN Location Yingde Type VOR Latitude 24° 12' 24.00" N Longitude 113° 24' 36.00" E

airspeed 890 kilometres per hour at flight level 11300 metres

Dawangzhuang

Destination aerodrome ZBAA - Beijing Capital International Airport and total estimated elapsed time 5 hours and 34 minutes

Destination alternate aerodrome Tianjin Binhai International Airport (China)

Destination alternate aerodrome Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (China)

Performance Based Navigation

A series of letter codes for RNAV and RNP capabilities

See Safety Investigation Report (2018) Section 2.2.3 for details

Date of Flight 2014 March 7

Aircraft Registration 9MMRO

Estimated Elapsed Time (from take-off to...)

Estimated Elapsed Time from take-off to Singapore FIR boundary 32 minutes

Estimated Elapsed Time from take-off to Ho Chi Minh FIR boundary 42 minutes

Estimated Elapsed Time from take-off to Sanya FIR boundary 2 hours 10 minutes

Estimated Elapsed Time from take-off to Hong Kong FIR boundary 2 hours 33 minutes

Estimated Elapsed Time from take-off to Guangzhou FIR boundary 3 hours 4 minutes

Estimated Elapsed Time from take-off to Wuhan FIR boundary 3 hours 56 minutes

Estimated Elapsed Time from take-off to Beijing FIR boundary 4 hours 50 minutes

Note: ZPE0450 should have been written as ZBPE0450

Selective Calling code/QRC

Equipped with Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) version II