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Not only does it record all the vital information that the flight recorder normally gathers, it can intercept that information, and track it and start transmitting. these signal also go to the satellite, override all other traffic. they'll get a priority that's the protocol. so between the time that something happens to a plane, as in this case for example, and when it hits the water, if that's what it ends up doing, it will already have a lot of data and tell you what went wrong in that plane. you will also have where it went down in the ocean. the idea that this will take another five or ten...

>> this is the second time in ten months that we've seen the enormous expense and frustration of these sea searches. you remember that the only thing we had with mh-370 was through a company called inmarsat a company that owns this fleet of satellites. they had continuous contact with that plane. i went to london and talked to the people there. in fact, their equipment has 80% of the world's wide body fleet. the plane involved here with a narrow body. but they have this technology and they are ready to put it into action. the important point about it it doesn't only tell you where the plane ha...

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>> reporter: but with more questions about another missing commercial jet, the high-tech black box may get a second look. >> the technology exists it's in service, it's economical. and the question now is how to get more widespread use of it. >> reporter: besides cost the other reason commercial jets don't have that kind of satellite technology they're waiting on a task force to decide on which technology to adopt for entire fleets and when they do decide planes that fly international will get that technology first. but that's not expected to happen for another five to ten years. >> that is a ...