The HAPS Augmented Search-And-Rescue Demonstration System (HASARDS) project could provide localization, tracking, georeferenced imagery and communication relay,
And flight data recorder were cut off. in this case it s not going to happen. in this case it s so crucial to have the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder intact and readable. it brings me back to a point that myself and david soucie and other safety experts have been harping on. there should be some way when there is a distress situation, a nonresponsive crew to have streaming data from the aircraft. it s totally possible. totally technically possible. the airlines just don t want to pay for it without regulatory enforcement. it s what we ve discussed each time unfortunately when there s been a crash. we know the cockpit voice recorder has been found. it s downloaded they ve been accessing the information, that s how we learned one of the pilots was outside the cockpit. but the elusive flight data recorder we don t believe it s been located yet. let s talk about where this is around your image in our big wall. we can see the french alps very high terrain, very high
Have a place to go. when do you tell people in a distress situation, stay put, don t get ready to abandon ship? it seems like you only hear the opposite in distress situations. as i mentioned, time is of essence, critical to respond, especially in a ship or emergency. i can t imagine. i ve tried to think of howl it would be probably to say stay in place. but personally, i m not sure how that would be appropriate. now, when you re dealing with teenagers you get a mixed blessing, they re young, they re strong. they may be able to endure more. however, when told to stay put, they may not be thinking for themselves, right, they may just do what they re told. exactly. so that complicates in terms of what happened, in terms of reaction time. getting text messages that go alod along with that. once that ship begins to list and heel over, what do you start dealing with when you don t have when the boat is righted?
The bridge you heard, quote, the captain screaming at andrea for pushing the distress button, end quote, was that a truthful statement? i object to that. same objection captain. we ve gone through this ten times today. instruct the witness not to answer anything specifically a question on this statement. i object to the relevance of the question. it has no relevance to what we re here for. the relevance is it reflects a complete loss of command and control onboard the bridge at a time when they re trying to decide, they ve had two explosions and there is an argument whether they re in a distress situation or whether to activate the eds. that is the relevance. i agree. proceed. reporter: when workers did activate the ebs system it did not work. bertone also testified the rig s thruster was having problems eight months before the accident. as the coast guard and the unit of the department of interior tried to pinpoint who is at fault, one former prosecutor says, criminal charge