dedja wrote:How a large commercial airliner can go missing for 2 days without a trace.
Comparing this 'lost' plane to those lost 50 years ago is meaningless, the vast array of modern technology should have seen to a rapid identification of the location.
its harder than you think. Not sure what you mean by "modern technology," but you cant just say radar will pick it up if you havent designed that radar system for that specific job, if that makes sense. And you aint gonna have radar coverage in the south indian ocean.
RustyCage wrote:The Sleeping Giant wrote:Cool story bro. Except it would have still been on radar.
Found out today that there are actually significant chunks of various flight paths where there is no radar coverage. Also, it's up to each individual airline whether or not they allow crew on board to be able to disable any radar or tracking functions on the plane.
when you say radar coverage, the main tracking technology is a transponder in the plane that broadcasts the plane's position and the ground stations passively listen. Full two way active radar isnt really used in commercial settings.