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IT'S TIME TO INSTALL THE
TECHNOLOGY TO GET THE
INFORMATION WHILE THE PLANE IS
IN DISTRESS.
SO MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION LIES
IN A METAL CONTAINER THAT IN A
MOMENT HAS DISAPPEARED WITH
FLIGHT 370.
THEY WERE ONCE CALLED BLACK
BOXES.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY ORANGE.
THEY HAVE THE COCKPIT VOICE
RECORDER CAPTURING WHAT THE
PILOTS SAY AND THE FLIGHT DATA
INFORMATION WITH THE SPEED.
IT CAN FUNCTION FROM THE BOTTOM
OF THE OCEAN BUT THE CLOCK IS
TICKING.
>> THE LOCATORS ON THOSE DEVICES
ONLY LAST FOR 30 DAYS.
>> SAFETY EXPERTS SAY WITH THIS
INCIDENT IT'S TIME TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO STREAM THAT INFORMATION
LIVE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE
BOX TO BE RECOVERED FROM THE
CRASH SITE.
>> YOU CAN GET A LOT OF
INFORMATION OUT QUICKLY AND THIS
COULD BE RECORDED INFORMATION
FOR THE LAST TEN MINUTES THAT IS
SENT ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY IF
THE AIRCRAFT IS IN DISTRESS.
>> DATA WOULD STREAM LIVE FROM
THE AIRCRAFT TO A SATELLITE,
THEN TO THE GROUND.
IF THE PLANE GOES INTO A RAPID
ROLL OR SUDDEN LOSS OF ALTITUDE,
IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER
THE DATA STREAM.
THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS.
WHY HAVEN'T AIRLINES INSTALLED
IT?
>> IT TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
MONEY TO RETROFIT THE FLEETS AND
IT COSTS MONEY TO STREAM THROUGH
A SATELLITE.
>> Reporter: PLUS, THE AIRLINES
WOULD HAVE TO BUILD GROUND
STATIONS TO TAKE IN THE DATA.
EXPENSIVE, SINCE THIS KIND OF
INCIDENT IS RARE.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE IT, IT IS
EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE,
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ARE SPENT SEARCHING FOR AIR
FRANCE HAD 47.
>> Reporter: SEARCHERS TOOK TWO
YEARS TO SEARCH FOR THAT FLIGHT
THAT WENT DOWN IN THE ATLANTIC
KILLING 228 PEOPLE.
EXPERTS SAY THERE'S ANOTHER
POSSIBILITY AS WELL, A
DEPLOYABLE RECORDER, A BOX THAT
WOULD AUTOMATICALLY EJECT FROM A
PLANE WHEN IT'S IN DISTRESS AND
LAND SEPARATELY ON THE GROUND OR
IN THE WATER.
THOSE ALREADY EXIST IN SOME
MILITARY PLANES.
WOLF?
>> AND THAT AIR FRANCE PLANE
FIVE YEARS AGO DID TRANSMIT SOME
DATA IN REALTIME, RIGHT?
>> IT CERTAINLY DID.
BASIC MAINTENANCE DATA WHICH
GAVE INCLUDES ABOUT WHAT THEY
CALL THE PITOT TUBES.
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE
PROBLEM ON THAT AIRCRAFT.
THAT DID NOT GIVE OUT THE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
THE PILOTS WERE SAYING IN THE
COCKPIT, IT DID NOT GIVE THE
FLIGHT INFORMATION, THE SPEED,
ALTITUDE, LOCATION.