Why were there no phone calls from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
Friday, March 21, 2014
Many recall that when United Flight 93 was hijacked on September 11, 2001, passengers were able to make two cell phone calls during the flight's final moments. Several other calls were made using airphones.
If metadata was detected from cell phones on Flight 370, surely it would shed more light on the missing plane's flight path?
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