Every airliner that enters American airspace should have a system that relays flight deck conversation, plane diagnostics, and gps through satellites to a data collection center. There is no reason to go searching for that information after there is an incident. Using black boxes as a backup would make sense. Having all relevant data in real-time would be a cheap and essential upgrade for today's air travel industry.
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