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In response to "So, the missing plane. At what point do they give up? When the transponder ping quits in a couple weeks? -- nm" by Andie

Assuming they're never able to pinpoint where it went down, I think they'll exhast all their reasonable avenues within a couple of months.

Posted by mara Mar 21 '14, 08:41

The Air France investigation was active for 2 years, but they felt pretty certain of where it went down and had a small search zone.

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but didn't they spot wreckage from the Air France plane right away? it took two years to find the black box - but they knew where to look. -- nm - Andie Mar 21, 08:48 3
- It was several days before they found the first pieces of wreckage. - ty97 Mar 21, 08:55 1
  - it seems like it was spotted on day 2 and floating debris recovered on day 5. but they knew where to look.. -- nm - Andie Mar 21, 09:04
- Yeah, that's what I meant. -- nm - mara Mar 21, 08:52

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