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Have no idea what happened to this airliner - but it is always possible that it landed without exploding- in a sparsely populated area; not in the ocean.
JMHO
Evidently exploded in midair, with insufficient large pieces remaining to track reliably.
Guess they forgot to stir the fuel tanks.
Those who hijacked the plane and plunged it into the ocean are now spending eternity with virgin goats.
Some a/c do have onboard telematics that report in real-time. Obviously this one did not.
It’s like....the Bermuda Triangle...man.
****As aircraft increasingly connect to satellite and ground-based systems to provide Wi-Fi access to ticket holders, such a pipeline could enable safety data to piggyback on signals intended for passenger use, industry officials say.*****
Seems as if the infrastructure is already in place. Which does beg the question: Were the passengers aware of the crisis? - apparently they did not use their satellite phones either.
Hmm. Not sure it’s really necessary. They’re talking about live transmission of all the telemetry data. Seems like an unnecessary complication of a system that’s still working quite well. It’s not like there’s a big problem with recovery of black boxes. They are almost always found, and soon enough to be useful. Now there would have to be an additional powerful transmitter sucking amps from the plane, and somewhere somebody would have to be listening and recording all this stuff. Then there would have to be redundant systems to back that all up in case of failure.
I’m not sure investigators really gain much for all that.
OK, we’ve gotten off into rabbit holes.
I think a live black box would be an excellent idea, and I’m actually surprised that this hasn’t been proposed before.
It has been <48 hours. Happened in the third world. Waste of money just to have faster info.
FYI
US Global Hawk,Predator,Reaper,IMI Heron,French SAGEM family,UK Westland family and the Qinetiq Zephyr. All feature live blackbox recording including video feedback.
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