AF 447 Flight Recorder Found In the Atlantic 218
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."
Amazing (Score:3, 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.
Meh. (Score:2, Insightful)
gps? on the ocean floor? (Score:5, 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 [boingboing.net]
Re:Euro is both singular and plural! (Score:3, 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.