The black boxes could have provided valuable clues as to the cause of the crash. But without their data on the final minutes of the flight, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada undertook what ...

Officially an "event data recorder," automotive black boxes were first used in the late 1990s. (4) Any custom-made electronic device can be called a black box, typically made to solve some ...

Popularly known as "black boxes," event data recorders (EDRs) have helped investigators solve the mysteries of airplane crashes for decades. Now they've become standard in almost every new car sold.