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Black boxes here to stay

The crash of an Air France A330-200 in the Atlantic in May last year and the failure of searchers to find the aircraft’s black box deep in the ocean has renewed debate about the replacement of traditional onboard recorders with direct streaming of inflight performance data to ground bases. The decision, TOM BALLANTYNE reports, will almost certainly be a compromise.
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