What colour are black boxes in planes?

Cheatah

Orange Sep 03 02, 8:12 AM

Bill	Black boxes are bright orange so search and rescue teams can locate them at the scene of an airplane crash. Why do they call them black boxes...perhaps they use to be black? Sep 03 02, 9:23 AM

darthrevan89

...Black boxes, which are technically called flight data recorders and are not black at all, but a regulation shade of orange, with reflective yellow stripes. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E2D91131F933A15752C1A962958260 Also see these questions: http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question35295.html http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question37664.html Feb 19 09, 5:18 PM

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