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SCVDem

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2. This is one of the most technically advanced planes flying!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 08:54 PM

Mar 2014

I think there needs to be a last resort mini rocket in the tail which like a flare, pops a small beacon on a parachute.

The system would not cost much and it would slowly descend, letting home base know that something catastrophic happened and a general area. The military has a similar device only it's a jammer. They went into the chaff dispensers in the 70s and 80s, maybe still are.

Just my thoughts.

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Missing Malaysia Airlines plane: No automated messages from missing Boeing jet, say sources [View all] brooklynite Mar 2014 OP

Weirder and weirder. blackspade Mar 2014 #1

Ditto to the weirder and weirder. SoapBox Mar 2014 #4

This is one of the most technically advanced planes flying! SCVDem Mar 2014 #2

I do agree, that something else is needed. SoapBox Mar 2014 #3

When do you pop it? AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #5

It would be completely automatic. SCVDem Mar 2014 #6

It could, but it might not give you much benefit. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #7

Thanks for your updates on this, brooklynite. nt octoberlib Mar 2014 #8