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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: David LesherDavid Lesher Date: Sep 8, 2008 06:08
Michael Henry gmail.com> writes:
> MAK adds that the quality of the flight-data recorder information
> is "unsatisfactory" because of partial thermal damage to its
> magnetic tape, caused by the intense fire which followed the crash.
>Which made me think: magnetic tape?! Surely we've come far enough that
>we can be using solid-state storage in flight data recorders?
>Does anyone know why FDRs would still be using what, to me, is archaic
>technology?
Co$t is why. And while flash-based systems may offer more survivable
recording; consider the recent Qantas incident, where the
depressurization itself was overwritten by subsequent flight.
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