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Old 23rd July 2010 | 18:40
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Svarin
 
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Automatic ELT

Gentlemen,

per JAR, an automatic ELT was mandatorily mounted on the aircraft.

It activates automatically on crash-like G-forces and sends a short message on 406 MHZ.

This message gets through COSPAS/SARSAT.

So...

What happened to it ?
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