Originally Posted by
west lakes
Just a thought but should that information be retained by the authorities for use in the official accident investigation?
Rather than be released for use by the media and adhoc forums
I would think that it comes under the ICAO rules for retention of information for a minimum 4 weeks.
You are right (I hope) that ADS-B data from the aircraft should be used in the investigation. However, the output from the 'authorities' seems to indicate that they have not made use of the data (yet?) or they would not be floundering around making wild suggestions, they would just be quiet as they would know what probably happened already. So to me it looks like the use of detailed ADS-B output has not been considered.
At the same time we are getting all these calls to _add_ more 'tracking' devices and DFDR uploads. To go back to my previous posts: aircraft already have considerable tracking and information sharing capabilities - they are just not being used to full effect.