And because the data about the plane are stored digitally, Dassault's technology can keep tabs on each plane long after it reaches customers' hands.
The simulation constructed from the plane's data recorder shows the 757 making a U-turn over Ohio, as Jarrah heads the plane southeast, toward Washington, D.
Investigators have found the flight data recorders from the plane.
Using ATOP, if a pilot requests an altitude or route change, the system loads the new information, based on the data transmission from the plane, calculates any possible conflicts and suggests responses from the controller automatically.
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It was an "exceptional" inquiry because of the scale of the disaster, the number of countries involved and the difficulty of locating the plane's data recorders, he said.
He said aviation authorities have already removed the plane's flight data recorder and are now planning to tow the aircraft to a beach.
Speaking about the January 7 fire in Boston, Hersman said the plane's flight data recorder showed the battery underwent an unexplained drop in voltage from 32 volts to 28 immediately before the incident, as the plane was being serviced on the tarmac.
The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the ill-fated plane are yet to be recovered, Ria Novosti reported at 02:15 local time on Thursday.
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Airlines have cancelled a total of 32 orders for planes so far this year, according to data from the world's two major plane makers.
The flight data recorders have not been recovered, and the plane's crew did not send any messages indicating problems before the plane disappeared.
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Over the years, Boeing has probably accumulated more data on the fatigue life of airframes than any other plane-maker.
French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck said the priority was looking for wreckage from the plane, before turning the search to flight data recorders.
Carson says Boeing contracted out virtually all the hardware--the onboard antennas linking the plane to a satellite, which then feeds data back and forth with a terrestrial server, comes from Japan's Mitsubishi Electric, and the internal Wi-Fi gear is from Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ).
Stabilizing their altitude at 10, 000 feet, the Navy pilot initiated the emergency destruct plan for the sensitive data and equipment on board -- and considered ditching the plane into the sea.
She said the flight data recorder indicated "both engines lost power simultaneously" when the plane was at 3, 200 feet -- some 90 seconds after takeoff.
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Within a year Travelport hopes to give every single flight a carbon rating, taking into account the plane, the type of fuel used, and other data points.
She said the flight data recorder indicated "both engines lost power simultaneously" when the plane was at 3, 200 feet some 90 seconds after taking off from New York's LaGuardia airport Thursday afternoon.
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As they listened to the audio, jurors also watched a computerized simulation of the plane's flight path based on a recovered flight data recorder as the events on the tape were unfolding.
The telemetry used in civil aviation transmits data on engine performance and the behaviour of other systems back to base while the plane is in the air.
"With mobile downloads for BBC iPlayer, you can now load up your mobile phone or tablet with hours and hours of BBC television programmes, then watch them on the road, on the Tube, on a plane, without worrying about having an internet connection or running up a mobile data bill, " said Daniel Danker, general manager of programmes and on-demand for the BBC.
Authorities said the cockpit and flight data recorders were recovered in excellent condition and information from both recorders was consistent with previous reports of the plane hitting a flock of birds before losing power in both engines.
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