Airbus more confident in deployable recorder acceptance

Airbus's pursuit of deployable flight recorder marks a greater confidence in prospects for the concept than the airframer had expressed a year ago. The manufacturer indicated last year that operators were not showing particular interest in deployable recorders, despite the attention generated by such events as the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in 2014. Airbus had signalled that the use of pyrotechnics as an ejection mechanism appeared to have prompted concerns. But a deployable recorder unveiled by the airframer during the Paris air show appears to address these doubts by using a spring-loaded release system instead. Airbus says it views such recorders as the solution which is "easily compatible" with the current search-and-rescue network, and one which can be introduced in a "reasonable timeframe". <br/>