Most black boxes on planes are bright orange so that they are easy to find if the plane crashes. This colour makes the black box easier to see during the day and at night. The bright orange colour is also used because it is less likely to be confused with other objects or pieces of trash at the crash site.
Q1: Win Rs. 1,00,000* The question for this week’s edition of the September Carnival Quiz is: what colour is the black box of an aeroplane?
- Black
- White
- Orange
- pink
Answer: Orange is the correct response. Orange is the colour that the “black box” of an aeroplane is.
