Why Airplane ‘Black Boxes’ Have Not Switched to Cloud Storage

Why Airplane ‘Black Boxes’ Have Not Switched to Cloud Storage

The search for missing flight recorders, or “black boxes,” on a flight like Malaysia 370, which mysteriously disappeared and was never seen again, raises the question of why airlines do not transmit flight data remotely as cloud storage technology evolves. Earlier this year, rescue divers had to search through the Potomac River’s ice-cold waters to retrieve the black boxes of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a Bombardier CRJ700 after the two co…