Despite its name, you might be surprised to know that the black box isn't actually black in color, but rather bright orange. But if that's the case, then why do aviation departments continue to ...

"Black box" flight recorders are orange to make them stand out and easy to retrieve in a crash scene. | Credit: marko_n via Getty Images In the mid-1950s, while investigating a series of ...

The first thing to know about an airliner’s “black box” is that it’s actually bright orange. There are also two of them: one records mounds of flight data, from the aircraft's speed and ...

Local aviation crisis management expert Craig "Buzz" Conroy said the black boxes recovered from the helicopter and jet in the ...