Robots Located and Then Retrieved Black Boxes

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Daniel Michaels and David Pearson, France Set to Open Black Boxes in Crash. Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703834804576300363642290444.html

My comment:
(a) Read the last four paragraphs only.
(b) Renus scanners to locate the recorders first and Remora 6000 to retrieve them.
(i) Allison Knothe, Doomed Jet Found by Mass. Robots Yields Key Evidence‎. Boston Globe, May 2, 2011.
http://articles.boston.com/2011-05-02/business/29496492_1_robots-hydroid-air-france
(Remus 6000)

* Romulus and Remus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus

(ii)
* Remora 6000 ROV. Phoenix International, undated.
http://www.phnx-international.com/Remora%206000%20ROV.htm

ROV: remotely operated underwater vehicle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROV

"The 5-foot-long, 25-horsepower ROV can operate to a depth of 6,000 meters (19,700 feet) and has two Hydro-Lek six-function manipulators to grapple objects; two cameras; and powerful lights to illuminate the depths. Its sensors include a laser gyro and scanning sonar.
Tim Honyak, Remora ROV fishes out Air France black box. CNET, May 2, 2011.
http://news.cnet.com/remora-rov-fishes-out-air-france-black-box/8301-17938_105-20058852-1.html

The Air France recorders were found on seabed of 12,800 feet deep or short of 4,000 meters.

* Exploration of Air France flight 447. YouTube, Uploaded by singularityhub on May 2, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eOvGuIV8c

BEA stands for "Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile, the French agency responsible for investigating aviation accidents." Wikipedia.

* Remora
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remora
(section 3 Mythology)

My comment: I guess not much information is public available about Remus 6000 and Remora 6000--civilian use of the former at least is operated by the company that makes it--not due to trade secrets but to military secrets.


--------------------------Separately
(1) Martin Fackler, Cables Show U.S. Concern on Japan’s Disaster Readiness; Strains in a relationship between allies, behind the scenes of diplomacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/world/asia/04japan.html?scp=3&sq=Fackler%20&st=cse
("The cables reveal that, in private conversations, American officials repeatedly warned the Japanese to take China’s military rise more seriously, though they avoided raising the issue in public for fear of angering China. They also played the China card to get Japan to be more cooperative")

Note: Kazuyoshi UMEMOTO  梅本 和義

(2) U.S. Assures Russia on Romania Base. Moscow Times, May 4, 2011.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/us-assures-russia-on-romania-base/436300.html

Quote:

"A senior U.S. official on Wednesday urged Russia not to be alarmed by Romania's surprise announcement that it would host a U.S. missile defense site at a Soviet-built base.

"Moscow wasn't the only one caught off-guard by the base decision. Romanian government officials were apparently unaware of it, and there was not even a whisper in the Romanian media until [Romanian President Traian] Basescu announced it Tuesday night. Local officials weren't informed, or asked for their approval, until the night before.

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