Originally Posted by
Less Hair
This accident seems to prove again, that aditional floating data recorders are needed that are auto jettisoned before impact. Like some USB stick with some EPIRB bolted on.
Over and over again the recorders hold the key information and cannot be found. Who is blocking these addtional ones to be required by authorities?
Sorry, but it doesn't prove that at all.
Aside from the cost and feasibility considerations, discussed previously in these columns on a number of occasions, ejectable recorders in this instance could have ended up being buried as deep in the Trinity Bay mud as they appear to be anyway.