Ke hāʻule koke kahi mokulele kiʻekiʻe loa mai ka lani mai, aia ka ʻimi no ka pahu ʻeleʻele. Pēlā ka hihia i ka nalowale weliweli o ka lele ʻana o Air France 447 ma luna o ka ʻAkelanika Hema ma ka lā 1 o Iune 2009. ʻAʻole i loaʻa hou kēlā pahu ʻeleʻele a aia nō ia ma kahi ma lalo o ka Moana ʻAkelanika.
ʻAʻole lawa nā kuhi tantalizing i lawe ʻia mai nā mokulele e hana i kekahi mea hou aʻe ma mua o ka manaʻo ʻana i nā mea hiki ke loaʻa, akā ʻaʻohe mea e pili ana i ke kumu o ka holo pono ʻana o kahi mokulele me ka ʻole o ke kamaʻilio ʻana mai ka papa lele. ʻO ka wikiwiki i wehe ʻia ka pōpilikia e hōʻike ana i kēlā me kēia mea i hana ʻia, ʻaʻohe a ʻaʻohe paha ka papa o ka lele e pili ana i ka mea i ʻike koke ʻia he ulia pōpilikia ākea.
ʻO ka ʻimi no nā pane e pili ana i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā waiwai he nui, ka ea a me ka wai, e hoʻāʻo e hoʻōla i ka Flight Data Recorder a me Cockpit Voice Recorder mai lalo o nā mile mile o ka wai ma kekahi o nā wahi hohonu o ka moana. Ua hoʻolilo ʻia he mau miliona, akā eia nō naʻe nā pahu ʻelua e waiho ana ma lalo o ke kai, a me lākou pū nā pane i ka mea maoli i hana.
Iʻeono mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaka ka Western Avionics o Calgary, Kanada, i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi kahua kikowaena pūnaewele uila ʻole i manaʻo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka loaʻa mai nā Bus Data Recorder (FDR) buss no ka mālama pono ʻana a me ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo e like ai. I ka wā o kona hoʻomohala ʻana, ua hiki i ka CommuniCube (C3) hiki i kahi kiko e hana nei ma ke ʻano he FDR kū hoʻokahi, hiki ke "hoʻolohe" me ke akahele a hōʻike i nā haʻi a me nā ahonui a pau, mai ka hoʻomaka wela i nā pae paʻakū, a hoʻouna i kēlā ʻikepili i ke kumu mālama ma o ka uplink ukali kūʻokoʻa o nā limahana e hana nei e hōʻike i ka haʻi hewa. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka ʻōnaehana e hana aunoa i ka manawa i ʻoi aku ka palena o ka mea i ho'ākāka ʻia e ka mea hoʻohana, a i ʻole hiki ke hoʻomaka ʻia me ka lima e ka poʻe holo o ka papa lele i kēlā me kēia manawa.
Ua hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia ʻo C3 i nā mea āpau mai nā māhoe māmā a i nā jet regional a ke hana nei i nā ʻāina he nui ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua hōʻea nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka compression ʻikepili a me ka launa ukali i ka wahi i hiki ai i ka C3 ke kamaʻilio - ma ke ʻano o ke ola - nā ʻike mai nā FDR buss - a me nā ʻike hou aʻe a ka mea hoʻohana e manaʻo ai he pono no kā lākou hana. ʻO kahi laʻana, i nā noi EMS, ke kauka ʻia ʻana o ka ʻike maʻi ma mua o ka mokulele i ka haukapila. Hoʻolilo ʻia nā ʻikepili i ke ahi, ʻike ʻia ka ea i ka ea, i ka honua no ke kūkulu ʻana i ke ahi, a ke hoʻohana nei nā mokulele mokulele i ka C3 no ka FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance).
"ʻOiai ʻaʻole C3 i hōʻailona hōʻoia no kahi FDR, kahi e waiho mau ai i ka ʻōlelo hope loa e pili ana i ka ʻikepili lele o ka papa, hiki i ka C3 ke hāʻawi i kahi aniani o ka mea a ka FDR e loaʻa nei ma kahi o ka noho ola i kahi mea hoʻohana i wehewehe ʻia. maʻi ma nā wahi āpau o ka honua. Ke ʻike ka C3 i kekahi ʻano hana kūpono ʻole, hoʻomaka koke ia i ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka ʻikepili, hoʻomaka me nā aircrafts GPS wahi i kēia manawa, me ka ʻole o kahi hoʻokomo pailota, "wahi a Greg Taylor me Western Avionics, hoʻomohala huahana.
Akā ʻo ka mea nui loa, e hoʻouna ka C3 i nā mea āpau āna e lohe ai mai nā FDR buss, e noho maoli ana, a hiki i ka wā e hoʻonā ʻia ai ke kūlana, a i ʻole hiki ʻole ke hana pēlā. I ka hihia o Air France flight 447, malia paha ua hele ka lōʻihi o kēia ʻike i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kekahi o nā pōpilikia mokulele ʻoi loa i nā makahiki.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Although the C3 is not a certificated replacement for an FDR, which will always remain the final word regarding on-board flight data, the C3 can provide a mirror image of what the FDR was receiving on a nearly live basis to a user-defined terminal anywhere in the world.
- The pursuit for answers included the dispatch of multiple assets, airborne and waterborne, to try and recover the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder from under miles of water in one of the deepest areas of the ocean.
- The few tantalizing clues that were transmitted from the aircraft were insufficient to do anything more than suggest a number of possibilities, but nothing definitive as to why an aircraft that appeared to be functioning normally, suddenly went down without any communication from the flight deck.
