Russian planes drop trackers near Britain’s flagship carrier

Two Russian planes dropped tracking devices near HMS Prince of Wales in the Arctic Circle, according to the Ministry of ...

Flight tracker shows the eerie moment plane vanishes into the ocean

The aircraft was carrying five people when it disappeared.
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Is There A Better Way To Track Aircraft During Flight?

In a story yesterday [Monday] about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, David Ison, assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, had this to say: "In this day and age, having no ability to ...
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Tracking planes but not trains

Every day, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) monitors and assists more than 45,000 flights — up to 5,000 at any one time — across the more than 29 million square miles that make up the U.S.
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Listeners To NPR: Why Don't We Track Planes Like We Do Ships?

Geoff Brumfiel, the physics guy on our science desk, helps us land on the right answer. Listeners To NPR: Why Don't We Track Planes Like We Do Ships? A couple of listeners wrote to Morning Edition on ...