For unfortunate reasons and circumstances, an airline’s black box – the vital piece of technology that can often answer unanswered questions – has been in the news quite a bit this year. The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the shooting down of Malaysia Flight 17, the crash of a TransAsia plane in Taiwan … barely a news story went by that didn’t make reference to the discovery, or need to discover, the black box.
So we thought we’d take a few moments to answer Five Things You Should Know About a Black Box.