Originally Posted by
Petropavlovsk
gulliBell,
This would be simple task for the US Navy Team with a gas axe and a pair of pliers. A 100' dive is nothing and a Google search will tell them where the devices are located.
It's more about PNG AIC getting hold of both these devices and "accidently" rendering them unreadable.... this is PNG and it's the land of the unexpected!
It is not up to the PNG Authority . The accident did not occur in the Independent state of Papua New Guinea. The PNG AIC may be invited to observe.
Same as what happens in Australia if an incident/accident occurs it does not matter the state of registration of the Aircraft the ATSB does the investigation and owns the DFDR and CVR. Have a look at the ICAO articles of which PNG is a contracting state.