The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and Boeing 747-100 were among the first aircraft to feature re-writable flight recorders.

The form-factor of most black boxes is the same, which means that they can be upgraded easily

Both the CVR and FDR were removed from the Asiana 214 crash aircraft relatively undamaged

The cockpit voice recorder was crucial in discovering the cause of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash at San Francisco International in July 2013

Following the crash of Air France Flight 447 on June 1, 2009 it took nearly two years for the black boxes to be recovered from the crash site

The first flight recorder was conceived by Australian scientist, David Warren in 1953