that send information in realtime. it s part of a satellite-based system that monitors a plane s exact location engine conditions and more. system transmits say every five to ten minutes on a normal flight. if something goes wrong, like the plane deviating from the route, the system will start streaming live second-by-second data. that kind of information is not only life saving but it adds a tremendous measure of security for our country. there are several mechanisms that transmit a plane s data but hayden says unlike those systems, the technology behind flight is more extensive, sharing a tremendous amount of information. so much information critics say it could be difficult to monitor and analyze if widely adopted. right now, flight s technology is only fitted to a few hundred planes. it can be installed for about $100,000. normal data transmission costs between a few dollars to $15 per flight hour and goes up for continuous streams in a rare
kosik has more for you. reporter: rite now an an airplane disappears the story of what went wrong vanishes with the black box. but what if we had the answers all along? we would know where the aircraft has gone where it is and we would have information on what happened in the meantime. reporter: canadian company flights makes live streaming data recorders that send information in realtime. it s part of a satellite-based system that monitors a plane s exact location engine conditions and more. system transmits, say, every five to ten minutes on a normal flight. reporter: if something goes wrong, like the plane deviating from its route, the system will start streaming live second-by-second data. that kind of information is not only life saving but it adds a tremendous measure of security for our country. reporter: there are several mechanisms that transmit a plane s data but hayden says unlike those systems, the technology behind flight is more extensive, sharing a tremendo
especially since the information contained within that black box is lost with the plane. alison kosik shows us real-time technology is available at a price. reporter: right now when an airplane disappears the story of what went wrong vanishes with the black box. but what if we had those answers all along. we would know where the aircraft has gone where it is and we would have information on what happened in the meantime. reporter: a canadian company makes life streaming recorders that sends in the form real-time. part of a satellite based system that monitors a plane s exact lotion engine conditions and more. the system transmits every five to ten minute. reporter: if something goes wrong like the plane deviating from its route the system will start streaming live second by second data. that kind of information is not only life-saving but adds a
five to ten minutes on a normal flight. reporter: if something goes wrong like the plane deviating from its route, the system will start streaming live second-by-second data. that kind of information is not only life-saving but it adds a tremendous measure of security for our country. reporter: there are several mechanism that is transmit a plane s data. but unlike those systems, the technology behind flight is more extensive, sharing a tremendous amount of information. so much information critics say it could be difficult to monitor and analyze if widely adopted. right now, flight s technology is only fitted to a few hundred planes. it can be installed for about $100,000. normal data transmission costs between a few dollars to $15 per flight hour and goes up for continuous streaming in a rare emergency, a cost carriers might not be willing to pay. they re cost sensitive and will not additional safety measures unless mandated by the federal government.
information. you only can have so much bandwidth, so much ability to receive data, transmit data. so you re looking for what is the most important information? two canadian companies have already developed realtime streaming that bounces off satellites. the hardware looks like this when it s installed in a plane as the jet is flying on the right. the airline s operators on the ground can see information on the left like airspeed, altitude and location in realtime. but it doesn t transmit all the time. it s only activated when a specific set of circumstances occur that are pre defined. pre defined by the airline, circumstances like the plane deviating from its flight path, a sudden pitch or roll. these systems don t send back the cockpit voice recordings. we have a cultural problem with the airlines and the airline unions. they don t want big brother in the cockpit. the faa doesn t require american carriers to outfit their jets with live streaming.