# Fuel exhaustion, loss of autopilot, and a steep spiral descent within a few tens of kilometres of the arc.

> Most likely: Fuel exhaustion, loss of autopilot, and a steep spiral descent within a few tens of kilometres of the arc.

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# Fuel exhaustion, loss of autopilot, and a steep spiral descent within a few tens of kilometres of the arc.

Fuel exhaustion, loss of autopilot, and a steep spiral descent within a few tens of kilometres of the arc.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The 08:19 BFO implies a descent rate of thousands of feet per minute.
- Debris shows high-energy impact; flaps retracted.

## What would rule it out

- Debris or wreckage showing a controlled ditching.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[The final BFO values indicate a rapid and increasing descent; simulator tests reproduced the pattern with no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY7CHW3VSG/the-final-bfo-values-indicate-a-rapid-and-increasing-descent)

Supported

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[The flaps were not extended at separation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY7CSP1T5B/the-flaps-were-not-extended-at-separation)

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## The questions it answers

[How did the flight end, and how far from the arc?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/questions/QST0CWY75FA3NVK/how-did-the-flight-end-and-how-far-from-the-arc)

Part of [Where is the wreckage?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/questions/QST0CWY74ZP4V5Z/where-is-the-wreckage)

Most likelyFuel exhaustion, loss of autopilot, and a steep spiral descent within a few tens of kilometres of the arc

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