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JimDandy

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9. What could make this disappearance even worse than it is

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 02:17 PM

Mar 2014

is that the black box holds only 2 hours worth of data. Since the plane flew for five more hours after voice contact was lost and the plane changed direction and altitude, all of the data that could have told investigators what was happening during that time has been written over.

There may be no black box data available at all though, because the pilot or whoever hijacked the plane can simply switch off the black box!

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This Isn�t the First Time that a Giant Plane With GPS Tracking Has Vanished [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Not comparable Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #1

not to mention all the passengers. Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #12

Fascinating, thanks! I'd never heard of that... (nt) petronius Mar 2014 #2

My question: moondust Mar 2014 #3

because it would drive the ground controller Corgigal Mar 2014 #4

What does the ground controller see/hear? n/t moondust Mar 2014 #5

the ground at that airports Corgigal Mar 2014 #6

I was thinking about that also Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #7

I'm surprised moondust Mar 2014 #13

An "aviation expert" on a BBC Newshour program this week bobduca Mar 2014 #8

Remember transponders are for the ATC system Corgigal Mar 2014 #10

If you wanna know a whole lot more than you know abt equipment on truedelphi Mar 2014 #16

Aside from all the answers you got so far jeff47 Mar 2014 #18

What could make this disappearance even worse than it is JimDandy Mar 2014 #9

You mean an American AIrlines aircraft vanished under Bush and Cheney's watch? malaise Mar 2014 #11

Only a couple years after 9/11, too. Iggo Mar 2014 #15

Has everyone forgotten the documentary "Lost"??? Schema Thing Mar 2014 #14

Uh, apparently that documentary has been, how should we put it - truedelphi Mar 2014 #17