In the overwhelming majority of cases, the system works just fine, and everybody turns up more or less where they’re supposed to. But sometimes it doesn’t. In the early morning hours of June 1, 2009, controllers in Senegal watched Air France Flight 447 progress across their screens for more than two hours. They hadn’t managed to communicate with the flight but assumed everything was all right. It wasn’t. The plane had actually plunged into the sea hours before. Not until an inquisitive controller in the next center over began asking questions did the authorities realize that something was amiss.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:19:32 +0000
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