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Subject: ELT survival in crashed A/C - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 13-Oct-83 23:50:39 EDT
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uokvax!emks    Oct 12 10:56:00 1983

I've been putting together some stats about the survivability of ELTs
in planes that have been overdue and actually had mishaps.

It seems that (at least in Oklahoma), while most of the ELTs that go off
are bogus (mostly on airport ramps during annuals, etc.), less than fifty
per-cent of the aircraft that DO crash have ELTs that survive the impact.
This seems amazing, since most ELTs are located aft (which is the most
survivable part of the aircraft anyway).

Does anyone know why these ELTs aren't surviving/working?

		Kurt Sauer
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