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9 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Why haven’t we f... · 0 replies · -1 points
For detailed analysis and charts go to the safelander web site (http://www.safelander.com)
9 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Envoy says China will ... · 0 replies · +1 points
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The US, due to the influence of the Airlines, Aircraft Manufacturers and Pilot Associations, won't fix the dark-age, restrict the data, killing system,
because of fear of liability. They have successfully lobbied to keep the flight
recorder data private. This fear has kept the safety critical Digital Flight
Data Recorder, DFDR, data from being streamed to the ground in real-time and
used proactively to prevent crashes. Similar to the US, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) hasn’t called for or allowed the DFDR data to be used in real-time also out of the fear of liability to its members. The only hope lies with China in making the DFDR public and used in real-time to proactively prevent crashes.
It would allow the world to know an aircraft’s position, velocity and
heading every second. Always remember that the remote flight recorder, data
streaming black box, can be used in the present autopsy mode of post-crash
analysis but proactively, and more importantly, it can also be used to prevent
fatal crashes (see: the web site safelander). The ironic thing is this will make air travel more economical, safer and its nations more secure. It is a madness driven by the fear of litigation that we don’t know where the MH370 is within days or hours. We owe the fixing of the safety system to all those who have died in needless crashes that could have been prevented by proactively using the digital flight recorder information in real-time. While it is laudable to find the aircraft, locking up the critical safety data in an aircraft instead of using it in real-time primarily to protect the passengers is a lunacy driven by the fear and greed. We have had the technology and bandwidth to stream the flight recorder data to the ground for over ten years. The military uses high bandwidth systems for over ten years to control drones. We got the astronauts back from the moon using this technology. The data to the capsule was streamed to the ground. The ground crew found the problem in capsule and then simulated the best solution and radioed the astronauts as to what to do and they came home safely. The military doesn’t object to streaming the data and it should not be objected to by the commercial aviation industry. If it requires that governments mandate this for the protection of the passengers and nations, well so be it. It is critical to start the implementation process now to protect future passengers as a memorial to those aboard the MH-370.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The mystery of Air Fra... · 0 replies · +1 points
This, Air France flight 447, is another example of horrific crashes that possibly could have been prevented and saved lives. We surely would be able to use the flight data to prevent recurring crashes of this type and to minimize the anguish of the passengers families and the cost and time of trying to recover the recorders. The aviation industry has always attempted to minimize their liability. They fought against flight recorders and lost. Now they are fighting to keep the information going to the flight recorders industry private even if that jeopardized national security and been responsible for countless aviation fatalities. Their lobby is so strong that they have put a Titanic clause into all fights over international waters. This Titanic (warsaw) clause limits a family member of a passenger that is killed in a flight to a small fraction of the persons earning capacity even if the industry is found at fault. This has been printed in fine print on the back of every ticket.
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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The mystery of Air Fra... · 0 replies · +1 points
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The mystery of Air Fra... · 0 replies · +1 points