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AF 447 Flight Recorder Found In the Atlantic

Posted by timothy on from the famous-memory-part dept.

romiz writes "The memory of the flight recorder for the Air France 447 flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed on June 1st 2009, has been found on the seabed of the Atlantic Ocean, and brought back to the surface in good shape. This is the data recorder, which saves the flight parameters. The search is still continuing in hope of finding the voice recorder containing the sounds recorded in the plane's cockpit."

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  1. Amazing by HangingChad · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The memory of the flight recorder for the Air France 447 flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed on June 1st 2009, has been found on the seabed of the Atlantic Ocean...

    When you look at the twisted mass of wreckage the flight recorder came from, finding the data unit is a miracle. Thousands of feet underwater, working remotely in a pile of twisted metal and they find a little memory unit. I have trouble finding my car keys some days.

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  2. Meh. by PPH · · Score: 1, Insightful

    New car.

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  3. gps? on the ocean floor? by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    turn in your nerd credentials for thinking that would work

    additionally, flight data recorders do send out a ping for 30 days:

    http://boingboing.net/2009/06/03/miles-obrien-bloggin.html

    The submersible will be listening for the distinctive "pinging" noise that these boxes are designed to emit once they are submerged in water. They are supposed to "ping" for thirty days in water as deep as 20,000 feet. Sonar used by surface ships is only good to about a thousand feet of depth - so it is essential to send some "ears" deep beneath the sea in order to find the boxes. These sonar devices can be towed by ships or ply the deep on their own power.

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  4. Re:Euro is both singular and plural! by Richy_T · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But this is the English language. Not only will we add an "s", we might even throw in an apostrophe or two for good measure.