MH370 and Breitling Emergency Watch Activation?

[KNIEVEL77]

Just out of interest, regarding the £12,000 Breitling Emergency Watch Beacon: had a passenger been wearing one and been able to activate the ELT, would it have assisted in the search of the missing 777 or is that a too simplistic question to ask?

[mad_jock]

Breitling a triumph of marketing over engineering design and fit for purpose.

You would be as well waving a zippo lighter in the air.

[ReverseFlight]

You'll be much better off with a Sat phone.

[onetrack]

The pertinent question is whether a passenger wearing one would have been aware the flight was going off-course and towards disaster, and whether they would have still been alert enough to activate it in time. I'd suggest they wouldn't.