Iran will not provide Boeing with the black box of a Ukrainian 737 that crashed near Tehran, the country’s civil aviation authority has said. An investigation into the accident is ongoing. Ali Abedzadeh, head of the Iran Civil Aviation Organization, said that Tehran would carry out its own probe into the crash, adding that Ukrainian authorities will be allowed to be “present during investigations.” He... 

A perfect looking black cube has terrified residents of a Texas town. In the skies above El Paso, Texas, a bizarre and ominous event has left residents astounded and bewildered. A perfect black cube, shrouded in mystery, manifested in the clouds, sending shockwaves through the community. This peculiar phenomenon unfolded just a stone’s throw away from White Sands, the highly secretive US military... 

Black Box Voting, founded in 2003, performs nonpartisan investigative reporting on elections in an attempt to stop vote rigging. You may be wondering what the term “black box” means. A “black box” system is non-transparent; its functions are hidden from the public. Elections, of course, should not be black box systems. Here is a link to a free copy of the book, Black Box Voting HERE. Author... 

The sound of an explosion can be heard on the black box recorder of the downed Russian jet, according to reports in the French media. The sound of an explosion could be heard on the flight data recorders, French TV station France 2 reported. An investigator with access to the devices ruled out the possibility it was the result of an engine failure, saying the noise was not consistent. It came after... 

While the media are obsessively talking about Andreas Lubitz, the psychopathic Germanwings co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing flight 4U9525, the man who tried save the passengers and crew seems to be left in the shadows. So what do we know about him? “Open the damn door! For God’s sake, open the door!” These were the last words of captain Patrick Sondheimer, desperately pleading for... 

Scientists and a filmmaker have gone after an unknown sea monster which they believe has eaten a great white shark traced with a tag. Some say a bigger shark or whale could have been behind the killing, but the gathered data points to other possibilities. The internet is full of speculation on the nature of the mysterious sea creature, following the release of a viral YouTube video by the Smithsonian... 

An EDR. There for your own benefit? US regulators want to make event data recorders (EDRs), similar to “black boxes” used on planes, mandatory on all cars produced from September 2014. The move has sparked a tense debate between safety advocates and those worried about loss of privacy. The National Transportation Safety Agency (NHTSA), which is in charge of setting motoring regulation, has submitted... 

Indonesian officials display the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from the crashed Russian passenger plane Sukhoi Superjet 100, during a press conference at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on May 31, 2012. Indonesian villagers have found the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane that Moscow claims was downed in southwestern Indonesia earlier...