South Korean Coast Guard AW139 wreckage found
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Some of the comments on beacons above seem to be rather confusing.
My understanding is that fixed beacons will only work if not submerged. So in the cases above a submerged fixed or deployable beacon beacon would not operate.
This was why deployable beacons were developed so that the crash site could be pinpointed by tracking the floating beacon.
If you want to find the sunken wreckage you need an accoustic beacon. Fitted as standard to CVFDR's and often fitted as a stand alone item on offshore going aircraft. This is water activated and does not use radio signals.
If this is inacurate I am happy to be corrected!!!
My understanding is that fixed beacons will only work if not submerged. So in the cases above a submerged fixed or deployable beacon beacon would not operate.
This was why deployable beacons were developed so that the crash site could be pinpointed by tracking the floating beacon.
If you want to find the sunken wreckage you need an accoustic beacon. Fitted as standard to CVFDR's and often fitted as a stand alone item on offshore going aircraft. This is water activated and does not use radio signals.
If this is inacurate I am happy to be corrected!!!
just wonder about team you play for.....
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Just curious, as everyone knows it's always best to learn the root cause of the problem (no pun intended 
) so it can be permanently fixed. If they never recover the wreakage we'll never know for sure.
I play for whichever team pays the most!
) so it can be permanently fixed. If they never recover the wreakage we'll never know for sure.I play for whichever team pays the most!
