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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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flight recorder: Media

recording instrument

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Flight recorders.

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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.

flight recorder

Components of a flight recorder, or “black box.”

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