eli5 Why can’t black boxes in Aeroplanes update data to a cloud throughout a flight or after a crash has occured? why do we need to find the physical box?

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eli5 Why can’t black boxes in Aeroplanes update data to a cloud throughout a flight or after a crash has occured? why do we need to find the physical box?

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I would imagine a lot of info does get sent out, but over the ocean several miles in the sky it’s not very reliable. The black box is a failsafe for when the absolute worst happens.