What is the color of Black Box of commercial airplanes

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1. The Black Box of an aircraft is an important part as all the conversations and data are recorded therein. Although it is named black box, but its color is not black. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
(a) Brown
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Orange


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1. A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of an aircraft accident or incident.
2. Since the inside of the recorder was pitch black, this may be the origin of the "black box" name, often used as a synonym for a flight recorder
3. In order to facilitate recovery of the recorder from an aircraft accident site they are required to be coloured bright yellow or orange with reflective surfaces.
4. All are lettered "FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN" on one side in English and the same in French on the other side. 

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