Satellite Detects Emergency Signal of Crashed EgyptAir Plane

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Satellite Detects Emergency Signal of Crashed EgyptAir Plane
gmigriff Offer Upgrade User ID: 71547892 United States 05/26/2016 09:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Satellite Detects Emergency Signal of Crashed EgyptAir Plane Egyptian search teams have detected an emergency signal from the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 that could help them locate the aircraft’s fuselage on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, the lead investigator into the disaster said Thursday. The discovery of the signal is the biggest breakthrough yet for the Egypt-led search, which so far has been limited to recoveries of small pieces of debris and human remains. The Airbus Group SE A320 plane, bound from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew aboard, crashed last Thursday. The investigator, Capt. Ayman Al Moqadem, told Egypt’s flagship state newspaper Al Ahram that the detection of the signal by satellite narrowed the search zone for the main body of the plane to a radius of about 3 miles. Egyptian officials had said their search was on a 40-mile radius of the Mediterranean. Emergency locator transmitters similar to the one Egyptian searchers are said to have detected are radio beacons that send a signal to satellites, used to locate plane wreckage or ships in distress. [link to www.wsj.com] So why would it take a week to locate a distress signal by satellite? If the same system is used for ships in distress, wouldn't a week delay would make the system pointless?

grumpier User ID: 35273535 Netherlands 05/26/2016 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Satellite Detects Emergency Signal of Crashed EgyptAir Plane Egyptian search teams have detected an emergency signal from the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 that could help them locate the aircraft’s fuselage on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, the lead investigator into the disaster said Thursday. The discovery of the signal is the biggest breakthrough yet for the Egypt-led search, which so far has been limited to recoveries of small pieces of debris and human remains. The Airbus Group SE A320 plane, bound from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew aboard, crashed last Thursday. The investigator, Capt. Ayman Al Moqadem, told Egypt’s flagship state newspaper Al Ahram that the detection of the signal by satellite narrowed the search zone for the main body of the plane to a radius of about 3 miles. Egyptian officials had said their search was on a 40-mile radius of the Mediterranean. Emergency locator transmitters similar to the one Egyptian searchers are said to have detected are radio beacons that send a signal to satellites, used to locate plane wreckage or ships in distress. [link to www.wsj.com] So why would it take a week to locate a distress signal by satellite? If the same system is used for ships in distress, wouldn't a week delay would make the system pointless? Quoting: gmigriff Totally pointless, but this way nobody has to be in a hurry. They can first take another beer or bong before they go play the "noble rescuer". Seems fitting with the millennials. If you think a thread is important enough for others to read, go to page one and click on the green pin!!!
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