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It's bat shit insane that we're 50 years in to the industry and ~20-25 years in to GPS and this is still only happening in 2021.
by nly 4y ago
It's bat shit insane that we're 50 years in to the industry and ~20-25 years in to GPS and this is still only happening in 2021.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoGPS is a one-way system though, using sattelite signals to triangulate your own position; there's no uplink / reverse contact required, and it's up to the GPS receiver to then send the location on through a ground station.
- hugh-avherald 4y agoIt won't save lives and wouldn't have saved lives. It's only to improve the efficiency of recovery operations.
- epups 4y agoIt could save future lives to know what happened, though.
- lordalch 4y agoThere are several redundant tracking systems on an airliner, but the pilot deliberately turned them off. That hadn't been an issue before.