What I don’t understand (though I’m sure there’s a logical explanation for it), is for less than £100 I can buy a device for my bike which will tell me exactly where I am, accurate to within a few feet.
Assuming any such device on an aircraft would be protected from any kind of human interference (would seem sensible – though hindsight is always a great thing), is it just a case of insufficient satellite coverage over the ocean, or difficulties in sending the signal back to base?
I’d like to think the passengers and crew are still alive, but I reckon it’s much more likely the plane has gone down for whatever reason and our imaginations have gone wild with the lack of information. Something we’re not used to in the information age.