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Read between the lines
Here's another press article: http://travel.iafrica.com/flights/2397760.htm
Read carefully.The black boxes have not actually been found, and the "find" they are reporting is not from the current search. What they are saying is that data from all previous search efforts has been collated and processed and they are confident that they know the area in which they will find the black boxes, with an error margin of 3 nautical miles.
French military officials cautioned however that this breakthrough did not mean that the black boxes will be successfully retrieved from the bottom of the ocean floor.
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Isn't all this a bit contradictory with the BEA's press release linked in post 89 just yesterday?
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I have two unanswered questions. They compare the area to Paris, but I have to believe Paris is more than 5 km wide. Second, they say it is like a "shoebox", but its more like a steamer trunk from what I've seen.
One thing no one's addressed in any stories I've read. How long can the data survive at dept in the ocean? If they miraculously pull it up, is there any guarantee that data will be still available?
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Originally posted by EconomyClass View PostI have two unanswered questions. They compare the area to Paris, but I have to believe Paris is more than 5 km wide. Second, they say it is like a "shoebox", but its more like a steamer trunk from what I've seen.
One thing no one's addressed in any stories I've read. How long can the data survive at dept in the ocean? If they miraculously pull it up, is there any guarantee that data will be still available?
I suspect there are no guarantees whatsoever the data will be readable, but how are they to know unless they at least try retrieve them?
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Originally posted by Evan View PostAnd the miraculous new software used to re-analyze the sonar recordings and detect the black box signal was provided by...
...Thales!
Link in Swedish
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Originally posted by PMN View PostYou don't think perhaps you're reading a little too far into the "shoebox in Paris" comment?
I suspect there are no guarantees whatsoever the data will be readable, but how are they to know unless they at least try retrieve them?
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If the boxes are found and retrived, I'd say the chances of obtaining usable data are by large much higher than the chances to find and retrive them in the first place.
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Originally posted by EconomyClass View Post.....Second, they say it is like a "shoebox", but its more like a steamer trunk from what I've seen.....
Last edited by brianw999; 2010-05-07, 10:07.If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !
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I hate to keep having to point this out, but they are not looking for a shoebox in the ocean. They are looking for the wreckage that the box is still attached too, which may be something much larger than a steamer trunk. The FDR is fixed to the airframe in the tail section of the plane, where the odds of damage are lowest. That is what gives them a reasonable chance of locating it.
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Originally posted by Evan View PostI hate to keep having to point this out, but they are not looking for a shoebox in the ocean. They are looking for the wreckage that the box is still attached too, which may be something much larger than a steamer trunk. The FDR is fixed to the airframe in the tail section of the plane, where the odds of damage are lowest. That is what gives them a reasonable chance of locating it.
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