Abstract:
Black box is a compilation of data produced by on-board and ground communications, specifically and
inherently in digital nature; therefore it is a digital database and part of a discussion on protection of digital
databases. The Existing Black box technology used in Commercial Aircraft is accommodated with Affixed type
black boxes. However, if the Deployable black boxes are implemented with fixed black boxes as a dual
combined recorder system, the discovery of crash location can be determined with more effectually than the
present technology. The lives of the survivors, initiation of aircraft accident and investigation progression
obtain safety recommendations to avoid similar happenstances will depend upon the accessibility to the crash
location immediately by search and rescue organizations with the reliable information they achieved through
satellite communications. Deployable Recorders will provide a backup source of flight data other than the
fixed black box data; assist the investigators to carry out their investigations with more trustworthy information
while implementing the video recording capability. A new idea has been introduced in this research to
implement a mechanism to deploy a parachute with the ejection of the deployable recorder from the aircraft
to minimize the impact during its dwindling to the ground. Not only in engineering but also the legal aspects
of Deployable black boxes work along with the rights of the human beings. The legal aspect of the Deployable
black boxes connect with aircraft accident and an incident investigation process can be discussed in the
preview of domestic and international law; for example under the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention is endowed with the international requirements for the investigation of
aircraft accidents and incidents. The protection over digital databases can be achieved through legal and
technological means (Technological Protection Mechanisms-TPMs). The paper investigates the legal and
engineering aspects of Black box technology used in Commercial Aircraft.
