Origin of Term
The term black box was first recorded used by the RAF of approximately 1947 to describe the sealed containment used for apparatus of navigation, this usage becoming more widely applied after 1964. The identifier is therefore applied to objects known as the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR). These function to record the radio transmissions occurring within an airplane, and are particularly important to persons who engage into an inquiry into the cause of a plane crashing, where the plane is caused to become wreckage. These boxes are in fact coloured orange in order that they be more easily located.
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