02-04-2012, 10:34 PM
Coastguards said they picked up a signal from an emergency beacon in the sea off the eastern tip of Long Island at 0215 local time, along Mr Kennedy's presumed flight path.
The beacon emits an audio signal which can mean the plane has crashed. It can also be set off manually as a distress signal.
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Rescue crews were dispatched immediately, but no subsequent signal was heard.
A spokeswoman for plane's manufacturers said there could have been "an initial signal on impact", but added that the beacon "won't transmit a signal underwater".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/397049.stm
Ron Brown flew into a mountain due to a stolen beacon. The commander of the base from which the beacon was stolen committed suicide. The surviving stewardess died in the ambulance. Dick Gregory was demanding an investigation into the hole in Ron Brown's head.
It seems the hole extended to the missing seat and flight instructor and distress beacon on JFK Jr.'s plane.
The navy did all it could; just as in the autopsy of the publisher's father.
Who also won't be transmitting underwater.
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The beacon emits an audio signal which can mean the plane has crashed. It can also be set off manually as a distress signal.
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Rescue crews were dispatched immediately, but no subsequent signal was heard.
A spokeswoman for plane's manufacturers said there could have been "an initial signal on impact", but added that the beacon "won't transmit a signal underwater".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/397049.stm
Ron Brown flew into a mountain due to a stolen beacon. The commander of the base from which the beacon was stolen committed suicide. The surviving stewardess died in the ambulance. Dick Gregory was demanding an investigation into the hole in Ron Brown's head.
It seems the hole extended to the missing seat and flight instructor and distress beacon on JFK Jr.'s plane.
The navy did all it could; just as in the autopsy of the publisher's father.
Who also won't be transmitting underwater.
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