Rolls-Royce seals lips on missing jet updates

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Engine maker Rolls-Royce on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to Malaysian authorities investigating the Malaysia Airlines MH370 jetliner that has been missing since early Saturday, but said the information it shared with authorities cannot be released to media yet.

In an email reply to China Daily's request for more information, the company wrote "we are unable to share the information with you that we have shared with the authorities in Malaysia as it must be treated as confidential. It also means that we needed to ensure that the authorities were aware before we made any statement."

"Rolls-Royce continues to provide its full support to the authorities and Malaysia Airlines. Rolls-Royce concurs with the statement made on Thursday 13 March by Malaysia's Transport Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein regarding engine health monitoring data received from the aircraft," wrote Rolls-Royce quoting its spokesperson.

Hussein said on Thursday the Malaysian government had contacted Boeing and Rolls-Royce, and both said the last engine data was received at 1:07 am, several minutes before the plane lost contact over the South China Sea.

He was denying an earlier Wall Street Journal report that had claimed that the jetliner might have continued flying for four hours after it had last contact with ground control, citing data from the plane's engines that are automatically transmitted to the ground as part of a routine maintenance program.

 

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