The tech industry is full of people who fly regularly. So, in addition to the obvious concern for the victims and their families, I know many of us are asking selfish questions about weather warnings, satellite tracking of planes, communications from planes, deep sea recovery technology etc.
Here are some resources I have been able to piece together
- Tim Vasquez at Weather Graphics has done meteorological sleuthwork about the storms the plane likely went through. Has jargon like “intertropical convergence zone”
- This CNN article explains the state of satellite tracking of planes. Has jargon like Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, which is currently being piloted in Florida as I blogged last month
- Automated (ACARS) messages from the final four minutes via Sky News. Has jargon like ADIRU and ISIS
- BBC News explores marine salvage technologies that may be used to find the wreckage
- Involved in the massive search are a French nuclear sub Emeraude, the French reserach vessel with underwater robots Porquoi Pas? and US Navy listening devices which can monitor sounds up to 20,000 feet under water
- a renewed debate about detachable black boxes which would have floated and been recovered a lot easier
- Pilot’s perspective with surprisingly little technical jargon
Credit: JetPhotos of the Airbus A 330-203 with a registration of F-GZCP
Comments