I thought I read on some other thread the transmitter on the ‘black box’ data recorder is only activated by reaching a G-force threshold. In other words, there’d need to be an explosion, or a hard crash for it to activate.
If the pilot(person in control) executed a wave top landing, maybe that’d minimize the experienced G-force, and the transmitter wouldn’t activate.
Take that info with a grain of salt. Hopefully anyone with more knowledge on the subject can correct me if I’m incorrect.
Also it’s still hard for me to believe this is what happened.
Maybe you mean the ‘ELT’? I believe some of them have been set off in small aircraft by rough landings, with little or no damage to the airframe or injury to the people in them.