Monthly Archives: March 2014

Airliner EPIRBS

Posted on March 24, 2014 by adelaidepete

It may be shutting the gate after the horse has bolted, but given the massive international expenditure on searching for downed airliner MH370 and earlier AF447, surely it would be cost effective to put an EPIRB or two in the … Continue reading →

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MH370 Search Issues

Posted on March 18, 2014 by adelaidepete

It was asserted on Eyewitness News just now ((5pm 18 March) that our RAAF assets have no capability to detect the black box beacons underwater! Astounding given that Australia invented the technology and unacceptable! Fit the capability ASAP. Get CSIRO … Continue reading →

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Need to Upgrade Airline Datalinks

Posted on March 15, 2014 by adelaidepete

Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, is a datalink that lets planes maintain contact with ground stations through radio or satellite signals. So far, communications satellites have only picked up faint electronic pulses from the flight since it … Continue reading →

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Questions on MH370 Airliner Disappearance.

Posted on March 11, 2014 by adelaidepete

Flight MH370, the Boeing 777-200ER, which suddenly disappeared from radar, would have also had a data link reporting its course, so how is it that there is a question about whether the radar showed it turning back before it disappeared? … Continue reading →

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