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Mount at least one of the black boxes just inside the top skin of an aircraft and connect it to a satellite dish which is free to rotate within this space.
Constantly transmit encrypted black box information which is relayed to air traffic control, the CAA/FAA or another such agency.
The recepient
monitors 'planes that lie within its field of responsibility giving backup to the flight crew and, should the worst happen, have a copy of the last actions of the 'plane accessible welll before the black box is recovered.
(The reason for a satellite broadcast is to maintain contact in situations where the aircraft may have lost radio contact.)
Iridium Satellite Phone Relaunch
http://news.bbc.co....1247000/1247385.stm
They now plan to serve a niche market. [Aristotle, Nov 13 2001, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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Those satellites that were left when Iridium went bust - are they still up there? |
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Iridium was bought at the last moment and has been relaunched as niche market that reaches the parts that other mobile phones can't reach (see link). |
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This is being baked as we speak - mostly for plotting the current position of the aircraft, but a whole load of other status info is transmitted too (because the bandwidth is there, and it's useful). |
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<pun system operational>Connecting a satellite to a black box is going to take an aweful lot of cable, isn't it?</discontinue pun> |
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I have a female friend who's an RC-135 pilot; it's a militarized Boeing 707 outfitted with advanced radar and networked to the big AWACS planes. It's a terribly ugly plane with a big schoz. |
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That's no way to speak about your friends. |
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