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Red tape, funding problems hamper Lion Air black box search
Weeks of delays in the search for the second ‘black box’ may complicate the task of explaining how 189 people died when the Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX crashed into the Java Sea on Oct. 29. (uk.reuters.com) Altro...
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It's because they ARE NOT "black"!! People are really repeating the moronic media's language on this??
The first modern flight recorder, called "Mata Hari", was created in 1942 by Finnish aviation engineer Veijo Hietala. This black high-tech mechanical box was able to record all important details during test flights of fighter aircraft that the Finnish army repaired or built in its main aviation factory in Tampere, Finland. Note: it was painted black and the term “Black Box” kinda stuck....besides what rhymes or goes with Orange anyway?
Well, this got posted in the wrong place .... was suppose to be down below.
They cannot find the black box right off the coast and 30m of water?! I dont believe them.
me either...
I agree Tom. Can’t be in too much of a hurry to prove something that may in fact backfire on them!
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." Upton Sinclair
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