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Re:Black Boxes Are Key to Solving Plane Crashes–Why Aren't T... by bombcar on Sunday June 11, 2023 @01:24PM (#36283385)
The black box doesn’t transmit its location. If they find it, it would/will tell you some of what happened, but if you sink it in the Mariana Trench and they can’t find it, you’ve “won”.
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Re:Black Boxes Are Key to Solving Plane Crashes–Why Aren't T... by kube-system on Sunday June 11, 2023 @02:36PM (#36284265)
The black box can also transmit its location, albeit only after the plane hits the ocean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_locator_beacon
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