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I'm curious why a simple "Where am I right now" item that doesn't have to plug into the avionics and could possibly even have it's own power supply isn't suffic
by zaphar 12y ago
I'm curious why a simple "Where am I right now" item that doesn't have to plug into the avionics and could possibly even have it's own power supply isn't sufficient to cover this. The biggest problem for both of those planes seems to be that we can't find them.
Figuring out why they crashed is possible once we find them and can get the black box. The only really missing component is the location ping and it should be possible to completely isolate from the plane shouldn't it?
- Gravityloss 12y agoYou can buy a box that attaches to anything you'd like to track. For example with magnets to a steel shipping container. It has its own battery and gps and a satellite phone. It notices from the gps when the container is moving and starts sending position updates with the satellite phone. You can specify the interval, that then decides how many years the battery lasts.
- zaphar 12y agoSo why isn't this a cost effective approach to the problem for airlines? You could even have a pool of them that you attach to airplanes that on overseas duty only to limit the costs.