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   "alanryder@aol.com" 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.   
      
   The structure doesn't currently exist to do this but may do in the future.   
   You could also ask why older CVRs 'overwrite' their content before a   
   flight may be finished, erasing any info about an in-flight upset.   
      
   I am appalled at the number of aircraft accidents these days which are   
   related to old standards of doing things by people set in their way and   
   the lack of adoption of newer technologies.   
      
   You may find this interesting.   
   http://www.iasa-intl.com/folders/belfast/AF447.htm   
      
   Graham   
      
      
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