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NTSB has called for the FAA to require an immediate check of ELTs on airplanes of general aviation

Washington, Usa - They must be connected with external antenna

A fatal general aviation accident in which four badly injured survivors' lives were put at risk by the failure of the aircraft's emergency locator transmitter (Elt) has worried the US National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has voiced its concern that the widely used system is vulnerable to a similar failure in future. The 9 August 2010 accident involved...

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Rome, Italy, 01/13/2011 17:45
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