Novel Dunia

06/03/2009

As searchers comb the Atlantic Ocean for debris from Flight 447, their top priority is locating the plane's two black boxes, which hold the keys to reconstructing the crash. Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation, says the depth of the ocean could be a problem for recovery efforts, which depend on "pings" emitted from the boxes themselves. "We're closer to the limits of technology than I'd like to be," he says. The crash has renewed calls for updating the black boxes with new technology that would separate the devices from the aircraft in case of an accident. "The circumstances of 9/11 have demanded the need for this type of recorder," former NTSB Chairman Jim Hall says. "This (Flight 447) accident puts an exclamation point on it." USA TODAY (06/02) St. Petersburg Times