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Indeed. Looking for the proverbial needle in a huge haystack is a piece of cake compared to what was done there. IIRC, they actually had some very low level si
by wazoox 16y ago
Indeed. Looking for the proverbial needle in a huge haystack is a piece of cake compared to what was done there.
IIRC, they actually had some very low level signal from the recorders two years ago that they didn't actually take notice of, and later, working on this data they finally extrapolated the probable position of the wreck after a tremendous data mining work.
- palish 16y agoWhoa. If you can find any links whatsoever about that, then I'd love to read them. That reminds me of how Gauss was able to use very limited information to locate Ceres after it had moved behind the sun.
- com 16y agoIt's been quite hard to find information about the re-analysis. It looks like there was a press-release in May last year where the pingers were identified after a re-analysis of the Emeraude towed-array sonar tapes: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-06/air-france-crash-probe-gets-boost-as-signal-detected-update1-.html http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-06/air-france-crash... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/world/europe/07crash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/world/europe/07crash.html?... Sadly, there are no references to source material, and a quick search through the BEA at http://www.bea.aero/ http://www.bea.aero/ (the French aviation accident investigation agency) didn't provide immediate satisfaction, alas.
- wazoox 16y agoNow I remember that actually a friend working in the French submarine industry talked me about this. I don't know if I've got any other source.