Investigators hopeful of answers after Army helicopter’s ‘black box’ found following deadly DC collision - Both black boxes ...

Investigators have recovered the black boxes from both aircraft involved in the deadly midair collision near Washington, D.C., and are working to determine the cause.

Black boxes house critical flight data regarding aircraft and are designed to be resilient, with their retrieval typically a high priority after incidents.

The wreckage of the plane's fuselage will probably have to be pulled from the water to recover all of the victims, officials ...

Black boxes, which are actually orange so they can be found after a wreck, include flight data and voice recorders.

Some have suggested that it stems from Hussenot's device because it used film and “ran continuously in a light-tight box, ...