SYSK Selects: How Black Boxes Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Black boxes are designed to be the only survivor of plane crashes so they can live to tell the tale of what went wrong to prevent future accidents. Sit in with Josh and Chuck and learn about how these grim devices are made, how they're tested and the tales they've told, in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.4	Hey everyone, it's me Josh and for this week's S.Y.S.K. Selects, I've chosen how Black
0:36.7	Boxes work.
0:38.3	Which I'd forgotten was a special request from our good friend, Kormak Rondazo, who is
0:44.5	an absolute cute kid where he was at the time that this came out and now he's a cool dude
0:50.2	from what I understand.
0:52.1	At any rate, kick back and enjoy a look at an amazing invention that can survive a plane crash.
1:00.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:06.7	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:11.3	I'm Josh Clark and they're sitting by me as Chuck Bryant across from you and Jerry
1:17.3	Roland beside us.
1:19.6	Here we are.
1:22.6	This is Stuff You Should Know.
1:24.6	And this is a fan request by one of our younger fans.
1:30.0	Yeah, when Kormak Rondazo.
1:32.2	It's right, our buddy Joe's son and wife Kat, they all listen as a family and it's adorable.
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