4 ms·To make things even worse, sea water strongly attenuates electromagnetic radiation at radio frequencies...by TriinT 17y agoTo make things even worse, sea water strongly attenuates electromagnetic radiation at radio frequencies...ars 17y agoIt uses sonar. Radio would be useless under water.TriinT 17y agoI suppose it emits both in radio and sonar, right? What if the airplane crashes over land?kqr2 17y agoIt only activates the sonar if it is under water: http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/ http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/