Mumbai: The Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT), which sends out distress signals to indicate a wreckage site, was working on Bell 212 on Sunday, but it was only about two hours after the radio equipment sent out its location that the Airports Authority of India learnt about the crash. This raises the question whether the nearest rescue coordination centre was late in sending the information or the message lay unattended at the office of Airports Authority of India in Mumbai.
An aviation source confirmed that the ELT of United Helicharter's Bell 212 aircraft did send out distress signal soon after it crashed around 8.15pm. The signals were picked up by the US's GPS and Russian GLONASS global positioning satellites, which deduced the location of the crash and sent the information to the nearest rescue coordination centre. In this case, it is the ISRO Bangalore.
30/09/13 Manju V/Times of India
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An aviation source confirmed that the ELT of United Helicharter's Bell 212 aircraft did send out distress signal soon after it crashed around 8.15pm. The signals were picked up by the US's GPS and Russian GLONASS global positioning satellites, which deduced the location of the crash and sent the information to the nearest rescue coordination centre. In this case, it is the ISRO Bangalore.
30/09/13 Manju V/Times of India
