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Originally Posted by Selanne_200
But they can easily get around this problem by having a dedicated circuit just for the transmitter therefore the circuit could never be over loaded, no?
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It's not about overloading the circuit by having too many electrics on. It's the fact that any single component can fail internally and overheat the circuit and start a fire.
Even if a GPS transmitter is on it's own circuit powered by an external windmill, if something goes wrong and the transmitter starts pulling too much power, it can overheat and start a fire. It still needs a fuse or circuit breaker. Unless this is hidden from the crew during flight, it will be able to be disabled.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the aircraft had a major onboard failure which precipitated into an onboard fire, which caused the aircraft to crash into the ocean. I believe the email that has been going around that the oil rig worker saw a plane go down. I can't imagine anyone writing an email like that for shits and giggles. Considering the way it is structured.. I believe it is the most simple, and most likely explanation.