Originally Posted by
Hunter58
The Economist got it wrong. The only real reason for a live datastream would be that the TV networks can immediately get crews to the crashsite to sell better pictures.
It's just the other way around. TV outlets and yellow press filled much more prime time and pages with an un solved disappearence than they would had with a quick and efficient SAR.
BTW, what did you mention at the end of your posting, old grumpy Hunter ?
Originally Posted by
Hunter58
... : the use of the brain.