RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Would AFIRS Made a DifThanks cmjir . This was the technical answer I was looking for. It does make sense that todays aircraft have
early warning systems however what still puzzles me is why did they report that Air France plane was missing in the middle of the Atlantic with all that communication technology on board . Don't the on board GPS keep sending a signal (power or no power) to a trackiing satellite. Remember the Indian plane AMA tracked around the
globe and ground crew knew where it was precisely to support a situation such as this . Even Richard Branson in his wild balloon trips over the oceans always maintained location contact with the ground and managed to be rescued in quick order . In my naievity I assumed AFIRS did a better job than ACARS in this regard ie GPS tracking.
TO_Canuck