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Even if some debris is found, it might still take years to locate the actual aircraft wreck deep underwater, and recover the black box(s) and get any real answe
by laurencei 13y ago
Even if some debris is found, it might still take years to locate the actual aircraft wreck deep underwater, and recover the black box(s) and get any real answers (like in the Air France crash).
- zxexz 13y agoThey still have about 2 weeks before the pinger runs out of battery. So there is a decent chance they could find it within 2 weeks, but if the wreck isn't found by then, it could definitely take years to find it, if ever.
- marshray 13y agoI suspect this kind of sonar application is why TI is making analog-to-digital conversion chips with 31 bits of resolution: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ads1282-ht.pdf http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ads1282-ht.pdf Compare to 16- to 24- bit resolution in your typical audio processing chain.
- paul_f 13y agoIn the case of Air France 447, it did take 2 years to recover the black box. I'm guessing this one will be quicker because of the potential terrorism angle.