Originally Posted by
Gerard13
Gerard, the article does NOT suggest BEA knows where to find the recorders, any more than we all do.... read it again.
Only if we're lucky, they may still be in their original location in the tail section, which now does seem to have been found and identified.
The recorders themselves are supposed to be able to sustain a 1300g impact, but I'm doubtful about the mounting racks being designed for the same forces.
If the recorders 'came adrift' at the impact, they may be anywhere, having made their own way to the bottom, and possibly buried in silt.