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Airplane could become unflyable. >> the backup power source, that allows it to fly for an hour, you can't communicate? >> the communication is limited. >> but there's some. >> if there was a may day, they should be able to say and communicate, hey, we've got a problem. >> they should. but what initially happened out over the water, maybe not. there's, like, five different communication systems. >> but at the end, they were flying over malaysia. >> the one that's tied into the standby power is the shorter range one. so it might not work out over the water, but it probably would work. but they w...

Backup power source. a backup power source that was also knocked out by the same quake and tsunami that knocked out the first-line power source. the same disaster that caused the need for the backup plan also caused the backup plan. so therefore, even though you're calling it a backup, you don't really have a backup plan. it's the same deal with the blowout enrs thsa der cae fwo ntblowout, actually blows the blowout preventer, too, renders it inoperable. so that means you really do not have a backup plan. you can call it redundancy. you do not have redundancy. and again it's not because these ...

Remember, the earthquake that hit japan was offshore. the tsunami caused by the earthquake didn't hit shore until about an hour after the big quake. so at 2:46, after the quake, but before the tsunami, the reactor is shut down. right? and they lost power. but their on site generators were working to keep the thing cool. but then 55 minutes later at 3:41 local time, a second announcement came from that plant. now the backup generators were out, too. we don't know if they were knocked out by the tsunami, timing seems right, but the backup power source failed. then the daiichi was back to the bat...