Machine Saying News Today

Handshake with the machine saying are you there im there thats it. suddenly eight minutes after the last one -- remember these were hourly updates. eight minutes after we get a partial ping, whatever that means. you have to -- this is the last time we hear from the aircraft. so you have to wonder what was going on that might have spiked the electrical surge perhaps to reawaken that acars machine. did one of the engines run out of fuel? did that change the electrical distribution causing a surge?...