Originally Posted by
phil gollin
I ASSUME that Boeing and Rolls-Royce have representatives with whichever organisation is in charge of the incident investigation ?
Yes. It was so reported in the news. (Boeing, Not sure of RR).
Does the FAA also have have representatives there ?
NTSB has a team either on the way or already there. Also reported in the press.
And, again, does anyone know the nominal duration of the Sonar locator beacons ?
The acoustic beacons should last about 30 days underwater. You can find info about them
here.
EDIT:
More info on TSO-C121 spec beacons here ....
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012.../2012-5213.htm
http://estock.aviall.com/pdf/catpage/1991.pdf
http://www.sea-avionics.com/lc/cart....bstring=DK-100