[chadsworth]

I thought the "black boxes " were supposedly beefed up to withstand crashes. AND how does air turbulence remove a rudder section without major damage to the frame?

Boy I smell it from here.

[John H K]

I thought the "black boxes " were supposedly beefed up to withstand crashes

The black box was fine. the interface for getting the data out easily was damaged, meaning you couldn't simply just plug it in and get the data. They sent it to the manufacturer and got the data out.