Hi,
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 ?
Yes .. I repeat .. what happened to it ? ??
What is the means (safety matter) to have a bunch of emmitting emergency devices if those have to be
manually triggered ?? (minus those of liferafts .. etc..)
but I am pretty sure that there is no requirement to carry automatic activation ELTs. I think the primary rationale for ELTs is tracing of floating survivors (who will activate them), not automatic location of wreckage.
It's utter non-sens ...
Can someone give the price of such devices ? must be very costly certainly ?
So .. now.. it's to spend tons of $ for search the plane ....