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 “black box” of the medical jet that crashed in Philadelphia on Friday was found on Sunday. It was retrieved in the crater caused by the plane’s impact when it crashed into one of the city’s streets.