What colour is an aircraft's black box?
Correct answer: Orange
Widama007
orange is the new black
munchkin1300
It makes sense that they are orange, makes them easier to find
sunsetdb7
Working on aircraft, I should be strung up if I got that wrong!
Montana Lady
GrandmaTanya, it's called the "black box" because it has the secrets. It's neon orange so they can find it immediately (or asap) in the wreckage of any plane.
Player #4527217
munchkin1300, Back in the day , they were black and very hard to find. I was involved with air search and rescue.😇
Player #3164546
Indianbadger, cause it would be too heavy
Bjach
If I ever fly again on an airliner I would prefer a seat in the black box. {Man is that ever an old joke...
Player #10098774
I used to date a guy who's sister in law's father invented the black box. An Australian invention by the way.
SOOTI
I don't understand why information in the black box isn't also automatically sent to 'cloud storage', so it could be retrieved before the actual box was found. There's probably technical reasons this doesn't happen, but with the advances in computing which are happening all the time maybe one day it will.
schwaap
When learning to fix Aw139 helicopters, I was reliably informed by my Italian brethren that the actual shade is known as 'International Orange'.
Player #125843019
You have reiterated the question, come on stay awake
AndyV5615
SOOTI, no internet at 40000 feet above the middle of the Atlantic!
Republic of China
All voice and data recorders are painted a bright orange which helps search and recovery teams identify the recorders when searching an accident scene.
These often-secret electronic devices were literally encased in non-reflective black boxes or housings, hence the name "black box". * These black boxes are of fluorescent flame-orange in colour. * The recorders are bright orange so to make them more visually conspicuous in the debris after an accident.
Bonnie
sunsetdb7, haha true…but why not call it an Orange box?
TOBY
invented by an AUSTRALIAN.
Phil 'sum guy'
yes but it only gives past info. new comp. like Flyht aerospace relay real time data but airlines slow to install them. Mh370 would have been avoided with this ...
Destynee
Why not call it, Little orange box...
Chilled Tea
Seriously!? Black is orange? Orange is black? I’m confused
SOS
Player #20132186, Cochlear Implant...
Rik
doxierescued, You may well end up in a black box if there is any need for it to be found.
Fun guy
Sooti, exactly & there is a CDN company flight aero space, Fly, who makes a real-time black box so issues are known before a crash like mh417 ? they would know ea sec. as it happens & where. air companies are slow to install as usual. Should be on every plane !
Player #20132186
Player Elf Council, along with the rotary washing line and vegemite . anything else?
Uninitialized
You failed to mention it was invented in Australia.
Player #25874027
Player #10098774, was sure
Player #25874027
Player #10098774,
I was it was invented by Edison.
Player #12981006
DiabolicalJoker25653, That explains the color but does not answer her question about why to call it black.
Player Old Tymer
Know this thanks to Homeland
Qatwalk
doxierescued, Green cards are no longer green either.
Player #12182836
they fooled me..oh wait Um color blind...lol
Player #14292082
songbird, it's soell
Player Elf Council
Widama007, Another Australian invention.
Mr. Trivia Fun
Widama007, I must confess I got the question wrong; now I feel like I should crawl into a "black box" and a dark room in the middle of the night...geez how I hate to get questions wrong!
Ms M
watching all those MAYDAY series helped me with this one
RedtheAtheist
my great grandfather used to install these
Player #8072844
Invented by an Australian
SeventhAverage4
Player #2052477, er......nope! Haha!
annubis12331
Indianbadger, 🤦♂️