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This article explains how they dropped the marker buoys ... even before the satellite imagery (and what the buoys were marking) had been announced to the crew.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/wor...-continues-20140321-hvkym.html?skin=text-only
This article explains how they dropped the marker buoys ... even before the satellite imagery (and what the buoys were marking) had been announced to the crew.
The water-activated buoys send a GPS and iridium satellite feed to AMSA, measuring drift, currents and water temperature to narrow the search field, which was roughly the size of New South Wales.
The door swung open and Flight Sergeant Mancey and Sergeant Roberts were exposed to the elements as they removed one buoy and launched it from the rear of the plane.
The process was repeated less than ten minutes later.
As the Hercules returned to RAAF Base Pearse, the crew learned that a satellite had picked up two objects, possibly wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, to the south of where the buoys had just been deployed.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/wor...-continues-20140321-hvkym.html?skin=text-only