Quote:
Originally Posted by nico-t
so they are able to track this party balloon mid-ocean, but a plane gets lost. Maybe the airplane industry should adopt party ballon technology.
|
It's tracked by Amateur radio operators.
In simple terms the ballonn has a little transmitter that sends a signal that reports data like it's location, battery voltage, altitude etc.
Planes are supposed to send similar data but in the case of MH370 most of it's devices to send such data were switched off. What the airline industry need to do is make it impossible for someone to impair these systems.