“The viability of that technology is very good. Of course, the big question is whether the airline industry that often bleats on out about the fact that it is constantly losing money hand over fist will want to invest in that technology.”
–Aviation security consultant Chris Yates on NPR’s Morning Edition about whether black boxes can transmit information rather than just store it, negating the need to search for them.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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