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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
It was in the open Atlantic, not near shore, and there were no ships out there or any other radar (AWACS or whatever). There is not 100% coverage by radar of the earth, not by a long shot.
What there should be is a ping system for planes via satellite. It should only take a few bits of data, and we'd know fairly accurately where the pinging stopped. Get a few of them and we could triangulate or at least use a proximity system like with cell phones/towers.
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I honestly didn't know this until I saw the news today. I was under the impression that these planes were tracked from point a to point b without any gaps. I guess you learn something every day.
I agree in today's day and age I don't think it would be to difficult to come up with something to offer info in those areas without coverage. It just comes down to $$$$$