Science

The Secret Sauce Of An Aeroplane’s Black Box

A flight data recorder – the “black box” in every commercial aeroplane – is a crucial tool for dissecting what went wrong in the aftermath of a crash. Here’s the key to its survival.


July 23, 2010
Cars

Online Flight Data Recorder: Best Idea In A Long Time

Every time there’s an aeroplane crash and they can’t find the flight data recorder, I ask the same question: Why don’t they transmit all the data and record it in a server in real time? That’s what Iridium thinks too.