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Also Known As	black box

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flight recorders

Labeled diagram showing the components of an airplane black box flight recorder, including the crash-survivable memory unit, power supply, steel housing, memory boards, aircraft interface circuit boards, insulation, thermal block, and underwater locator beacon.

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