let me go to les s point. and give me a chance to address what richard is saying there are people who have come up with scenarios where it could have landed in the beach off the water, right? are there places that you think it legitimately could have landed to address richard s question? i do. let me answer richard s question real quickly this way. this started out like a tom clancy novel. it was unlike anything we ve seen before. it looked like a very deliberate and intentional and clever act where they departed from the gap in the radar coverage where it would be easiest for them to slip away. i think we should expect something unlikely to have happened with this flight. i don t think we should look to high probability outcomes like a crash in the ocean, things we ve seen before like suicides. we should expect something strange and unusual to have happened. and yes, we have to really stretch our imagination to figure out how you doh you get a plane through all this radar kind of
over the gulf of mexico where you do not have radar coverage. but it the coverage is now with the disappearance of flight 370, could this kind of technology essentially prevent a plane from disappearing? here is the thing. the plane s transponder would still need to be on. if it is off, the plane would still disappear. and as you know, already said that flight 370 s transponder was turned off, carol. to make it clear for our viewers, this new gps system, just to simplify things, the fa a s requiring planes to have them by the year 2020, is that right? right. so, here s the breakdown. we do know that some 100 air traffic controllers, they are already using the technology. in another five years, another 130 of the air traffic control towers will also be using it. and in another six years, all airplanes must have the equipment on board that would enable them to be tracked in
does it shape up as that to you? well, 5,000 feet is still pretty high in most radar coverage would allow for radar to pick up a flying plane at about 5,000 feet. however, it is possible given the particular terrain that you re dealing with in that part of the malaysian peninsula, there are mountains that are higher than 5,000 feet, it is possible to fly an aircraft below mountain level which would be about 7,000 feet in some of those areas and that then could result in the aircraft being maf masked for a brief period of time from radar coverage. that area is primarily a jungle area. it s right on the tai/malaysian border. and it is possible for an aircraft to dip below 7,000 feet and not come out on radar or at
we ll go straight to the source on that. as soon as it hits the water it starts pinging. it s designed that way. also ahead i want to take you back into the simulator to explore this idea the 777 was on a course to deliberately avoid radar coverage. does that automatically mean that there was a human at the controls of this plane? we ll be right back. i dbefore i dosearch any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie s list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie s list. angie s list reviews you can trust. ameriprise asked people a simple question: can you keep your lifestyle in retirement? i don t want to think about the alternative. i don t even know how to answer that. i mean, no one knows how long their money is going to last. i try not to worry, but you worry.
vessel which helped them test their vessel. but you re not supposed to put it on the boat when do you a real search because you could end up hearing yourself. just looking at it sharing the iphone buds and the pole, given the relative sophistication we have to defer to the ocean shield. we ll take a quick break. we ll have more. how much longer can the pingers last? we ll go straight to the source on that. as soon as it hits the water it starts pinging. it s designed that way. also ahead i want to take you back into the simulator to explore this idea the 777 was on a course to deliberately avoid radar coverage. does that automatically mean that there was a human at the controls of this plane? we ll be right back. peace of mind is important when you re running a successful business.