AN AIRCRAFT BLACK BOX

摘要

Commercial aircraft (1 1 ) having a black box (41 ) comprising a flight data recorder (49) connected to suitable acquisition units (13, 14, 15) for recording information required for crash investigation purposes inside a container (43), wherein the aircraft (1 1 ) comprises a crash detection device (17); the black box (41 ) is installed in a suitable location for being ejected outside the aircraft in a crash event through a duct (21, 31 ) having its exit in a fuselage area where the ejected black box (41 ) would not impact on the aircraft; the aircraft (1 1 ) also comprises ejection means (23, 33), controlled by a black box ejection control unit (19) connected to said crash detection device (17), for ejecting the black box (41 ) through said duct (21, 31 ), when an impending crash is detected by said crash detection device (17).