In these situations, who pays for the costly investigation? Often, many countries take part in the search and rescue operations but it seems that the country whose jurisdiction the crash/wreckage takes place in usually foots the bill.
IE: Canada spent 4 years and about $60 million dollars on the Swissair Flight 111 disaster even though the flight was from JFK to Geneva.
In open waters, it might be optimistic to hope for recovery of black boxes or wreckage for some time. It took 2 years to find the wreckage and recorder of Air France 447.
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 03-09-2014 at 03:19 PM.
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