A towed pinger locator is a water-borne device used to locate the sonar "ping" from the underwater locator beacon which is fitted to the Cockpit Voice Recorders and Flight Data Recorders installed in commercial airliners.[1] They can locate pingers at depths of up to 20,000 feet (6,100 m) underwater.[2]
- ^ "Towed Pinger Locator 25 Specifications" (PDF). Phoenix International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ^ "Towed Pinger Locater 25 Fact File". US Navy Fact Files. United States Navy. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2014.