Looks like we'll never know exactly what caused Air France 447 to go down into the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month now that key data stored in the plane's "black box" is buried with the wreckage at sea. Attorney and pilot Marty Rose of Dallas' Rose•Walker law firm says the loss of the crucial flight data didn't have to occur. In fact, modern aircraft like the Airbus A330 that was involved in this crash are technologically able to transmit this flight data real-time so there's no need to rely on an investigator's ability to recover the black boxes from a crash.

"So how is it that manufacturers and airlines can collect that data, but not information from the black boxes?" Rose asks. "It's simple. They're not required to do so. Neither the FAA, NTSB, nor their equivalents in other countries require the airlines to install real-time data transmission devices which would make the black boxes unnecessary and antiquated." To interview Mr. Rose, contact Mark Annick at 800-559-4534 or mark@androvett.com.