Beacon Battery News Today

Its the not knowing that just really destroys you. >> with me now a former managing director for the ntsb peter. >> welcome, peter. >> good morning, carol. >> good morning. the beacon battery for the flight data expired in december 2012. it was not replaced. important because that beacon is designed to send a signal if a crash occurs in the water. did the hundreds of people straining to hear a ping in the indian ocean know that? >> well they didnt know that. it really is unforgivable. what it ma...

Locater system and can pick up signals from two miles away. scientist have 30 or 50 days before the beacon battery dies and ping or no ping, the a uv can dive three miles under water and preprogrammed to map the sea floor using side scan sonar. and images can be taken with cameras and if plane wreckage is found, recover begins with the 6,000. it is equipped with thrusters and cameras and lights and robotec arms. it has heavier items like the engines and high recovery lines lifted from the ship. ...

Is underwater and pick up signals. and they have 30 days before the beacon battery dies. >> you can detect the location of the black box a lot farther away. and so what that does. it gives you a better idea where the debrie field is. >> it is diving three miles under water and preprogrammed to map the sea floor. it scans the floor for possible debrie and takes hd images. recovery begins with the remotely operated vehicle equipped with thrusters and robotic arms. it can left the debris from the s...

I know they are trying to search and it is also moving. >> absolutely, it is moving relatively quickly as you would expect. weather conditions have been good. the seas in this part of the ocean are relatively high. and that is authorities here are using special markers to get the object. and that is used to be seeing which direction and it helps for them to pinpoint the location for the search. >> and he is on the sister network. and the battery in the black box

Has just days before the battery runs out of juice. they are joining us now next to a black box that proves to be helpful and thanks for joining us. and what happens to the black box over the next 30 days. it is as if you had a flashlight. the battery was going to go down and the signal would be weaker and less frequent. but it will go on. we are talking about the marriage manufacturers. and u.s. domestically you hear of honey well and it is a spin off the old lock heed company. after that they ...