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Previous to MH370 the extension of the battery life has been suggested as

"rapidly as possible" by investigators of the Air France Flight 447 crash. The AF447

crash happened in 2009. It took until 2011 to recover the flight recorders in this

case. Intelligent Solar Panels as discussed in this application may be used to

extend the life of the batteries. Extending the battery life of these devices increase

the chances of a successful rescue mission to recover these black boxes and

recovering the aircraft and any possible survivors who may have survived the crash.

IX. DEPLOYABLE FLIGHT RECORDER - MILITARY vs. CIVIL AIR CRAFT

At present Civil Aircraft in general, do not practice deployable flight recorders

which are commonly used in military aircraft. A duplicate or deployable flight

recorder can also be installed with Civil and Commercial Air Craft as redundancy,

and for increased chances of locating the devices in a timely manner.

These same methods used by the military may also be used in a Civilian aircraft

or commercial airline to enhance the chances of recovering the physical black box.

X. NTSB PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS
One of the objectives of this invention is to incorporate important proposed

requirement by the NTSB, and other agencies enabling a more robust and intelligent

design. The NTSB recommended in 1999 that operators be required to install two

sets of CVDR systems, with the second CVDR set being "deployable or ejectable".

The "deployable" recorder combines the cockpit voice/flight data recorders and an

emergency locator transmitter (ELT) in a single unit. The "deployable" unit would

depart the aircraft milliseconds before impact, activated by sensors. The unit is

designed to "eject" and "fly" away from the crash site, to survive the terminal velocity

of fall, to float on water indefinitely, and would be equipped with satellite technology.

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