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David Megginson
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Last year, a US-registered Bonanza departed OSH for Danbury, CT, then diverted hundreds of miles north into Canada to avoid storms, before crashing in a sparsely-populated area of Quebec. After four days, it was the ADS-B track from Aireron satellites that led SAR within 250m of the crash site (the plane was outside radar coverage).
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-...dOXvQaOoF4xkeAwB3iro2wXl--LBHWMTrmME1j5mkFuso
The pilot died on impact (6 ft deep crater), so the 4-day delay, fortunately, didn't cause any loss of life. Now Canada's JRCCs have integrated ADS-B into their standard ops. It's also comforting to know that the bottom-mounted antenna on the Bo didn't prevent the satellites from tracking it.
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-...dOXvQaOoF4xkeAwB3iro2wXl--LBHWMTrmME1j5mkFuso
The pilot died on impact (6 ft deep crater), so the 4-day delay, fortunately, didn't cause any loss of life. Now Canada's JRCCs have integrated ADS-B into their standard ops. It's also comforting to know that the bottom-mounted antenna on the Bo didn't prevent the satellites from tracking it.
