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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>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?
Because until very recently, we didn’t have the wireless bandwidth and satellite networks capable of doing that.
A more practical idea would be to have the data stored in multiple black boxes in various parts of the plane – maybe even one that floats and is automatically ejected if it winds up in the water.
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