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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Lots of planes upload telemetry data as they go, mainly for performance analysis (engines are operating better than expected, nice tailwind improving arrival, etc)
The data is *also* recorded in the black box
There is one big problem with “upload to the cloud after a crash”. How?
You need a power source and antenna that both survived the crash and are still connected to it. If you’ve got that then the cockpit radio probably still works too
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