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Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by kcool2(m): 10:19pm On Jun 05, 2012
IF D PLANE CRASHES D BLACKBOX IZ RECOVERED UNDAMAGED RIGHTWHY CNT D WHOLE PLANE BE MADE OF DAT MATERIAL??......abeg explain
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Fire1: 10:50pm On Jun 05, 2012
na money dey wan make, dey no get time for using better material, that same plane made four journeys to and fro lagos and abuja that day
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Seun(m): 9:32am On Jun 07, 2012
Cost
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Afam4eva(m): 10:14am On Jun 07, 2012
Seun: Cost
Exactly.

I'm sure if they use the same material used to make the blackbox, the price of a plane ticket will increase ten times and people will complain.
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Vicjustice: 10:21am On Jun 07, 2012
kcool2: IF D PLANE CRASHES D BLACKBOX IZ RECOVERED UNDAMAGED RIGHTWHY CNT D WHOLE PLANE BE MADE OF DAT MATERIAL??......abeg explain

Well, let me give an answer for it. First of all, black boxes do get damaged and the tape inside do get affected by crash impacts, there have been occasions when the information recorded inside are barely extractable.
Now, There is no specified material used for black boxes. All that is requested is that the box protects the internal memory against 3400 g of acceleration for 6.5 millisecond, resist fire (for varying duration as a function of the fire temperature), water pressure, and so on. Clearly, this specification calls for some tough material, or a lot of less tough material; but in general, the outer casing would be stainless steel or titanium, and some heat insulation foam would be put inside.
How this is achieved, and what material are used depends on the companies that make them. If they pass the test, they are good to go.
Know that black boxes are relatively very small and compact (about the size of a small hand-luggage), and they are usually located in tough areas of a plane for maximum protection therefore; they are able to withstand most (but not all) brutal crashes, they are not entirely damage-proof: in fact, it is the hard parts of the plane that protect them.
There is no amount of hollow enforced steel or any other material (the size of aeroplane) that would not smash into pieces if the plane crashes with such impact as the Dana Air accident, so, it is extremely naive to suggest that an object as huge as a plane (if built with a special material) would be in one piece even though it crashes with such impact as the doomed Dana Air. I hope this answers it
Also, know that there are two black boxes in every plane (the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder) and the two black boxes are separated and positioned in tough areas of both ends of the plane as a maximum precautionary measure because you wouldn't want to place your eggs in one basket. This is also a proof that black boxes are not damaged-proof

Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Vicjustice: 10:40am On Jun 07, 2012
Vicjustice: Know that there are two black boxes in every plane (the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder) and the two black boxes are separated and positioned in tough areas of both ends of the plane as a maximum precautionary measure because you wouldn't want to place your eggs in one basket. This is also a proof that black boxes are not damaged-proof

Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Bawss1(m): 10:49am On Jun 07, 2012
Vicjustice has done justice to the OP's question.

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Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Vicjustice: 1:59pm On Jun 07, 2012
Bawss1: Vicjustice has done justice to the OP's question.

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Glad that you like my answer
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by elvisimeh(m): 6:12pm On Jun 07, 2012
Seun: Cost
if cost were to be d only issue, then it'd be a "non-issue" since u cnt put a price tag on live. U need d right metal for the fuselage to ensure the plane is nt too heavy to take off, plus the fact that u crash in an "armored plane" dnt mean u'll survive; u jst might as well die from the impact.
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by slimming: 12:41pm On Jun 08, 2012
Good suggestion for the Engineers.
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Vicjustice: 6:10pm On Jun 08, 2012
Seun: Cost
Haba, Seun, come on embarassed!!!
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by imperiouxx(m): 5:16am On Jun 09, 2012
VicJustice,

After you posted a thread titled ''is this how Hausa acts in planes'' 6 months ago, I watched some other ''May-day'' on youtube. Mehn, I was trilled to see how horrible air crashes are not knowing it gonna happened in Nigeria again. So sad mehn.
Re: Why Cant They Jst Make D Plane Wit D Same Material Dey Use To Make D Blackbox??? by Vicjustice: 5:02pm On Jun 09, 2012
imperiouxx: VicJustice,

After you posted a thread titled ''is this how Hausa acts in planes'' 6 months ago, I watched some other ''May-day'' on youtube. Mehn, I was trilled to see how horrible air crashes are not knowing it gonna happened in Nigeria again. So sad mehn.
Yes, watching those programmes and seeing the horror of air crashes could be scary, but it is encouraging to watch them and see how Safety Boards Official give thorough investigation and ensure that such incidents responsible for any air crash never happens again

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