Why does it take half a year to decode an airplane’s black box?

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In light of the recent plane crash in Pakistan, reports suggest that it will take 6-7 months to decode the black box.
The company that made the black box surely knows how to decrypt their encryption, so why would it take so long?
Also, assuming the encyrption is super-complicated, what sensitive data would warrant such encryption? Is it just voice recordings, or something more?

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Normally they are slightly damaged due to the conditions of the crash, then it isn’t the decoding that is a problem it is interpreting the data, the data tells you what happened and when but not all the other things that happened. So an engine failed at 11.03 20 seconds later the plane goes into a steep dive. Is it crashing or are the pilots trying to dive to restart the engine or even put out a fire?

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