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23rd Apr 2011, 09:07

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Posted By paull

Are we too critical of that first search?

It occurs to me that a search & RESCUE operation does not necessarily focus on the most likely location, but the most likely survivable location. Taking an extreme case, if someone were lost in a sea...

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13th Apr 2011, 12:20

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Posted By paull

Was the A330 actually certified for the flight plan it filed?

It seems based on the first BEA report that at FL350 the temperatures were EXPECTED to be lower than. -40C and there is nothing unusual about that I assume, yet according to Appendix 4 of the second...

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14th Aug 2010, 21:23

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Posted By paull

Intentional fuel dump?

If you had the time to dump fuel mid-Atlantic would you not have better things to do? Surely we can rule out a fuel dump?

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28th Apr 2010, 20:17

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Posted By paull

Good point!

Grizzled,

Damn good question! I too am no expert on this but I do not think that you have to be nearby to feel the earth move. My guess is it is 1> .Tends to confirm the BEA assumption that it was...

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26th Apr 2010, 12:27

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Posted By paull

Bathemetry Data

GreatBear,

Does the archived data actually overlap with any of the existing search? If it did then you could use the prior data as a baseline, produce a differences database and look at the...

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23rd Feb 2010, 20:42

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Posted By paull

I seem to remember an excellent suggestion in an...

I seem to remember an excellent suggestion in an earlier post that rather than just pinging for 30 (or 90) days they should be programmed after 30 days to hibernate until something pings them to wake...

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