I think at some point they will say yep there it is. Who can argue with them? Awkward moment when it shows up in a foreign country in some terrorist act.
True, no plane could survive that kind of pressure. It would be crushed like a pop can.
Apparently they are getting signals from the black box and voice recorder both. Two signals on the same wavelength, at different locations.
300 miles apart from each other.
Yes, the Chinese one is 300 miles away. but there is a high tech ship with the high tech stuff got two signals on the same wavelength for two hours, it's turning around right now to make another pass over the area. They say it takes a couple of hours to turn around because of a mile long cable it's pulling. I don't know, Hobbes, the experts are saying the pings are consistent with the black box. I really think they got lucky and found it.
Or its the closure they were seeking. Yep we found it, here it is. Sorry folks, the batteries are depleted. Now its going to be really tough to retrieve the boxes.
The Arizona is in relatively shallow water; if she'd sunk in the depths of the ocean, they wouldn't have been hearing anyone that late (if we assume that they'd had the technology to locate and monitor a ship that far down) because they'd have been crushed by the pressure.
They have detected more signals. News conference in Australia right now. I believe they were able to triangulate it.
Edit: They are deploying sonar buoys right now with with sensors on them. Right over the area of the pinging.
Edit: They are deploying sonar buoys right now with with sensors on them. Right over the area of the pinging.
Or the pressure inside equalizes to the outside pressure due to leaks and it stays intact.
Planes are not built to be waterproof, it will depend on how fast it fills up with water.
There are probably no survivors down there, but at least they have triangulated the pinging and are beefing it up with sonar bouys.
