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F*O*A*D

On 4/22/14, 4:55 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:24:58 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Just look how hard it has been to find the Malaysian airline. And they can
limit that search to a 100000 sq mile area.

Especially with that airplane painted red and floating on the surface as
it is, right Bill?

I suppose it is possible that they got a tip from a navy source "over
the transom" that makes them so certain they are looking in the right
place but if this current search doesn't pan out, they will just be
easter egging around a very big ocean, trying to get lucky.

Our best chance of finding that plane is to have a russian sub go down
near by, then a "manganese nodule" mining ship might stumble upon it.

Surely there is a way to equip commericial planes with some sort of
external EPIRB device that would pop loose if the plane hits the water
and at least signal a general location that could be found via signals
and traced.