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Originally Posted by Joeaksa View Post
PS no one seems to have remembered the ELT. This communicates with satellites ANYWHERE in the world and its powered by itself, not ships power. Why didnt it signal something?
Not sure what ELT is, but one cable news report I saw said there was an "automated transmission" of some sort just as they lost contact with the plane.
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