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That is why it was so critical to find the wreckage and the jet's two black boxes — crash-proof recording devices that would have captured what the pilots were saying and how the jet was reacting.

Searchers find pieces of crashed jet in Atlantic 2011

Both of the jet's crash-proof recorders were retrieved and operated flawlessly despite spending nearly two years at such depths, the BEA said.

Air France jet's final minutes a free-fall 2011

However, unlike battery-equipped hybrids, the Porsche stores its amperage mechanically, spooling up a 31-pound flywheel operating in a vacuum chamber in one hopes a crash-proof box beside the driver.

Porsche Blasts Hybrids Into New Stratosphere Dan Neil 2011

Without the jet's two black boxes — crash-proof devices that recorded the pilots' conversations and stored hundreds of bits of data on the jet's mechanical systems and how it was being flown — investigators will not be able to say definitively what happened.

Robots enlisted in Round 4 of search for Flight 447 wreckage 2011

The "first priority" for accident investigators is to locate the Airbus A330's two crash-proof black boxes.

Teams may retrieve bodies from Air France flight within weeks 2011

In Detroit, General Motors is working on what might sound like a pipe-dream: crash-proof Cadillacs.

How Smart Is Your Car? 2010

Obviously they aren't going to be 100% crash-proof, but it certainly sounds like steps in the right direction.

How Smart Is Your Car? 2010

Obviously they aren't going to be 100% crash-proof, but it certainly sounds like steps in the right direction.

How Smart Is Your Car? 2010

"This proposal would make the event data recorder crash-proof like a black box typically found in an airplane," Bergquist said.

Groups spar over car black boxes as Congress mulls auto safety bill 2010

"This proposal would make the event data recorder crash-proof like a black box typically found in an airplane," Bergquist said.

Groups spar over car black boxes as Congress mulls auto safety bill 2010