Definition:
Also known as the Cockpit Recorder or the Flight Data Recorder.
Records all of the data transmissions such as altitude, air speed, etc., and the voice and sound transmissions.
Black boxes are not black, they are brightly colored in order to find them more easily amongst the wreckage after an accident.
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