AF Plane Still MissingWell it seems this particular plane did not have satelitte tracking , apparently it went off the radar screens soon
after started its crossing of the ATlantic as there is no 100% coverage as pointed out by cmir when using radar only . I guess it didn,t have either AFIRS, ACARS or anything else. The oil slick they found was a bogey , they really don't know where the plane actually went down as without satelitte tracking the search area is much too wide . I believe this fact alone would be cause for aviation authorities to re-think crossing the Atlantic without sateliite tracking on any commerical flight.
TO_Canuck