Losing Jet Exposes Communications Gap at 35,000 Feet
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In a world where Google Inc. knows your shopping habits and police use mobile phones to pinpoint locations of emergency calls, how can a wide-body Boeing Co. 777 fall off the grid?
The silencing of most communications from Flight 370 exposes how easily the voice, radar and satellite links in a modern plane can be disabled. A beacon to help controllers track the jet was shut off. So was the text-and-data system to help Malaysian Airline System Bhd. stay in touch with the crew.