Some have suggested that it stems from Hussenot's device, because it used film and "ran continuously in a light-tight box, hence the name 'black box,'" according to Airbus, which noted that orange was the box's chosen color from the beginning to make it easy to find.

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that the flight data recorder from the Sikorsky helicopter has been found with “no exterior damage” and is now being inspect

After the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recovered the black boxes from the downed American Airlines passenger jet in the Potomac River, you may wonder: what are they? Black boxes are a flight data recorder that is installed in every aircraft.

The crash involved an American Airlines regional jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter carrying three soldiers on a training exercise