Originally Posted by
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Alright, I have to ask this again about the ELT. Wouldn't a B777 in 2014 have a 406mhz ELT on it?
If it crashed then the ELT would have been activated by impact and within a minute an encoded digital message to a satelite saying the ELT's ID/aircraft ID, country code and coordinates. I've seen it work.
This!
And I'd postulate that other than a more-or-less-vertical dive into the ocean, said ELT would activate and be received until the hull sank.