It’s Scandalous to Keep Using Black Boxes in Airplanes Like MH370

Air Stupid

The airline industry installs Wi-Fi to make money from passengers but complains it’s too expensive to put satellite uplinks inside the same planes.

Published Apr. 23 2014 5:45AM EDT

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The Australians have predicted that the search for Flight MH370 will cost $234 million. Given the likely duration and current lack of results, that’s probably a low-ball number.

Clive Irving

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It’s Scandalous to Keep Using Black Boxes in Airplanes Like MH370

The airline industry installs Wi-Fi to make money from passengers but complains it’s too expensive to put satellite uplinks inside the same planes.

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Clive Irving