Originally Posted by
Cabby
It would help investigators if all commercial flights had some form of black box fitted.
There are new satellite data recorders which may be better than the normal boxes.
The Flight-Data Recorder?s Slow Evolution - The New Yorker
All police aircraft should have them fitted, and cost shouldn't be a reason not to fit them.
I suspect that this will be one of the AAIB's Safety recommendations in light of this crash.