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Two different boxes, one being a cockpit voice recorder the other being a flight recorder. together they weigh anywhere from 30 to 40 pounds. and they have to be crash proof. black boxes can survive anything. temperatures up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit for an hour. forces that are 3400 gs. that's 34 times the force of gravity. waterproof and can save data for two years. and it's a lot of data. a-rods the crew's voices. experts can determine if a stall took place, the rprs of the engine and the speed at which the plane was traveling when they're cross-referenceded with ground control informatio...

Airplanes have been required to have one on board. now, the name is a little misleading because they're actually orange and when we're talking about a black box, we're talking about two different boxes, one being the cockpit voice recorder the other being the flight data recorder. together they weigh anywhere between 20 and 30 pounds and have to be crash proof. black boxes can survive temperatures up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit for an hour forces that are 3400 gs. that's 3400 times the force of gravity gravity. they're waterproof and can save recorded data for two years, and it's a lot of data...

Airplanes have been required to have one on board. now the name is a little misleading because they are actually orange and when we're talking about a black box we're talking about two different boxes. one being the cockpit voice recorder the other being the flight data recorder. together they weigh anywhere between 20 to 30 pounds. they have to be crash proof. black boxes can survive just about anything. temperatures up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit for an hour. forces that are 3400 gs. that's 3400 times the force of gravity. they are waterproof and they can save record data for two years. and ...

Rachel crane explains what we can expect from the voice and data recorders. >> the search for survivors always comes first. but just as important is the search for answers. the why and the how. often those answers are found in the black box. since the '60s, all commercial airplanes have been required to have one on board. now the name is a little misleading because they're actually orange. and when we're talking about a black box, we're talking about two different boxes. one being the cockpit voice recorder and the other be being the data recorder. they have to be crashproof. black boxes can s...

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