{"id":5396,"date":"2015-11-11T07:42:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T12:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/?p=5396"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:08:06","slug":"black-box-revelation-the-secrets-of-flight-recorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/black-box-revelation-the-secrets-of-flight-recorder\/5396\/","title":{"rendered":"Black box revelation: the secrets of flight recorder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every time there is a plane crash, there is typically a lot of publicity. Without doubt, armchair pilots and safety experts come out of the woodwork. Every last one of them knows why the accident happened. They are certainly well informed, gleaning valuable insight from their grandpa who used to pilot trucks, or their wife\u2019s friend who is a janitor at the airport \u2014 all in all, true aviation experts.<\/p>\n

Some of those know-it-alls do a quick study on Wikipedia to later note offhandedly: \u201cWell, it is exactly the same accident as that which happened back in 1967 in Tanzania \u2013 it all fits!\u201d The worst thing is that such \u2018experts\u2019 make it from their armchairs to silver screens and feed utter nonsense to the expectant audience, unfortunately television has not caught up to the Internet in tuning out publicity whores. This is quite understandable as the world needs all of the nasty details, and quick, with \u2018quick\u2019 meaning right here, right now. Tragedy coverage spikes viewership.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the true reasons as to why the tragedy happened are announced much later, once the black boxes are deciphered \u2014 too long for network television, not to mention social networks, to invoke the same level of agitation and hype. The information is of no interest to the common folk anymore, yet this is when real experts start to work.<\/p>\n

Their goal does not have anything to do with driving masses of traffic to the news portals; they need to find out true causes of the disaster and, based on the thorough analysis of the obtained data, hopefully make sure it does not happen next time.<\/p>\n

In fact, the term \u201cdeciphering a black box\u201d is quite deceiving.<\/p>\n

To start with, these \u2018black boxes\u2019 are neither black, nor are they necessarily box shaped. The device got its colloquial name after its functional purpose: in science, computing, and engineering \u2018black box\u2019 is a system or object which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs without any knowledge of its internal workings. The correct term for the thing we talk about is \u2018flight recorder\u2019, or FR for short.<\/p>\n

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How safe is it to fly on an old aircraft? Just as safe as new ones. https:\/\/t.co\/VbOOfC6rlx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CdtSOXCVtJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) February 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n