Ain't these compulsory newfandango elba's/eperbs suppose to emit via satellite the a/c's lat & long?
Only if it is GPS capable. If it's not, then it's up to doppler triangulation, which give something like a 5km radius area.
Would have thought they'd know exactly where it is and be hovering over it hours ago (wx permitting).
wx was not permitting in this case, they tried several times