Acars Shutdown News Today

Disappeared. nearly eight hours after takeoff and seven hours after air traffic control lost track of the aircraft. but still, no answers as to where it was going or why. the search is expanded to a daunting area off malaysias west coast, including a northern and southern track in the indian ocean. sunday, march 16. authorities claim the planes communication system known as acars, was disabled before the pilots last words to air traffic control, leading to questions about why the crew did not ra...