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Re:How Can an Aircraft Disappear Over the Ocean? by sambeau on Saturday January 03, 2015 @04:11PM (#8832014)
Oceans are huge. Where do you send those 50 bits if you are 1000s of miles from anywhere?
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Re:How Can an Aircraft Disappear Over the Ocean? by jordanthoms on Saturday January 03, 2015 @04:31PM (#8832065)
Satellite. The so-called cost concerns are just stupid, if I can afford a satellite phone airlines can afford to report 50 bits to satellite every 30 seconds.
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