Originally Posted by NigelOnDraft
Contrary to the opinion of industry, the firm conducting the analysis downgraded this P, which led to the area close to LKP being the "most likely" to be found. It had earlier been eliminated since the much heralded "pinger detectors" had already tried there IIRC?
There was little incompetence
AFAIK.
Exactly. Once they through out the "well, we searched their for the pinger" thinking, all those areas were back in play and the sss found it very near the LPK.
I am unclear if the pingers failed in AF447, or were just not heard for some reason. The area where the boxes were located were well covered initially via acoustic search. I will have to re-read the Metron report. Considering the pinger failed in US1549, there has to be some real worry here.