Interpretation still crucial Hinch doesn't believe black boxes will eliminate investigators. You need someone to interpret the data. If you're on ice and skidding at 50 mph, the computer thinks you're going zero, because the wheels aren't spinning. Yet you're really sliding along the ice at 50 mph. There are already methods for interpreting a crash.
Investigators look at skid marks, how much of the car is crushed and so on.
The new recorders will simply give investigators another tool to do the job more expertly. Kaneshia Coren Pinckney Missing from Silver Spring, Md., since July 7, 2000. Inc. All rights reserved.