Thread: Malaysian Airline loses contact with passenger airline
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Old 03-13-2014, 12:37 PM   #433
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Originally Posted by Soundy View Post
Because the engines don't have GPS receivers?
Well they do have equipment to measue altatude speed engine RPM and other things. One of the reasons they claim the plane does not sent GPS info via satilite is the cost. But if they are already sending out engine info why can't they sent out 12 numbers along with it.
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