– How are airplane black boxes made “crash proof”

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Pretty much title. I’ve always wondered how those things can withstand massive crashes and explosions and still be reliable to retrieve recordings from.

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Everyone else is right, but its also just very easy to protect a very small thing. Small things are just safer to drop, hence why a cat or squirrel can fall off a roof or tree and walk away. Drop a human and thats broken bones, and an elephant is going to go splat.

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