Bertie the Bunyip[_28_]
July 4th 09, 11:14 PM
Eeyore > wrote in
:
>
>
> Government Shill #2 wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:39:01 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >If this has been addressed before I apologize. With all the
>> >sophisticated electronics on a plane, can't the black box data just
>> >be transmitted as it's occurring to a central processing station?
>> >Wouldn't this be a viable solution to investigate crashes, and allow
>> >new safety measures to be put in place faster? Why can't something
>> >like this be implemented? Isn't the data digital? If not, could it
>> >be? It would seem an easier, faster, more efficient method than all
>> >the time and manpower and expense needed to find these black boxes.
>>
>> As electronics advances this could very soon be possible, if it's not
>> already. However, stop for a minute and consider the 10s of thousands
>> of aircraft airborne at any given moment in time. You are talking
>> about a *lot* of data. Data that no one cares about, except in
>> extremely rare circumstances.
>>
>> Up till the end of March 2009 there were 2,317,500 domestic and
>> international airline flights on U.S. Airlines alone.
>> http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/bts029_09/html/bts029_09.html
>>
>> Up till the end of April 2009 there were 25 accidents and 3
>> fatalities on US civil air carriers.
>> http://www.ntsb.gov/AVIATION/curr_mo.TXT
>
> OTOH it may solve the few remaining mysteries and reduce crash
> investigation time. Also, the 'black boxes' do not always survive or
> contain retrievable data. In this case they may never be recovered.
> The CVR would doubtless be especially invaluable as to the crew's
> thinking.
>
Sez the planespottign fjukkwit.
Bertie
:
>
>
> Government Shill #2 wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:39:01 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >If this has been addressed before I apologize. With all the
>> >sophisticated electronics on a plane, can't the black box data just
>> >be transmitted as it's occurring to a central processing station?
>> >Wouldn't this be a viable solution to investigate crashes, and allow
>> >new safety measures to be put in place faster? Why can't something
>> >like this be implemented? Isn't the data digital? If not, could it
>> >be? It would seem an easier, faster, more efficient method than all
>> >the time and manpower and expense needed to find these black boxes.
>>
>> As electronics advances this could very soon be possible, if it's not
>> already. However, stop for a minute and consider the 10s of thousands
>> of aircraft airborne at any given moment in time. You are talking
>> about a *lot* of data. Data that no one cares about, except in
>> extremely rare circumstances.
>>
>> Up till the end of March 2009 there were 2,317,500 domestic and
>> international airline flights on U.S. Airlines alone.
>> http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/bts029_09/html/bts029_09.html
>>
>> Up till the end of April 2009 there were 25 accidents and 3
>> fatalities on US civil air carriers.
>> http://www.ntsb.gov/AVIATION/curr_mo.TXT
>
> OTOH it may solve the few remaining mysteries and reduce crash
> investigation time. Also, the 'black boxes' do not always survive or
> contain retrievable data. In this case they may never be recovered.
> The CVR would doubtless be especially invaluable as to the crew's
> thinking.
>
Sez the planespottign fjukkwit.
Bertie