Rio de Janeiro - Slowly the sea, they are free again. The dead from the crashed Air France plane.
Five of the victims were discovered. This backpack with a laptop, a plane ticket, ostensibly, parts of the wings.
It took almost a week until the search of the Brazilian and French military was successful.
Because no one knew where the Airbus disappeared with 228 dead (including 28 German) on the way from Rio to Paris. Now also helps the U.S. Navy. But to find survivors, everything is too late.
Therefore, aviation experts calling from all over the world: Does the "black holes" in the sky! The Düsseldorf aviation expert and author Tim van Beveren ("The risk of flying with") to the EXPRESS:
"It may not even be able to find out in 2009 to a few meters, where the Taliban roam any, of such a large jet but as long as has no trace."
Main criticism: the missing radar. Van Beveren: "They say always that easy, the plane disappeared from radar. The fact is: In the southern hemisphere there are large areas of the oceans no radar. "Approximately 400 km of the coast jets disappear from the screen ...
A possible solution: install GPS systems. Michael Boyd, aviation expert from Colorado: "The technology is there for 15 years." Clearly it was not at will - and the money. A complete conversion alone would cost U.S. airlines 25 billion euros. In times of financial crisis, probably too expensive.
Second solution: Flight data recorder (black box upgrade) permanently with satellite connection. Robert Francis, former vice chairman of American Aviation: learn how important data is constantly transmitted to the airlines. This too can bring in an emergency rescuers to the crash site quickly.
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