My Day: The Black Box

We all know that there are many mysteries about lost voyages. But with technology as advanced as we pretend it is, it is not sufficient to determine in 2014, where a huge, wide-bodied Boeing 777 is. Are our radar systems reliable? At what point when flying is the plane un-track-able? Why do we have state of the art aviation with Rolls Royce Engines and medieval timepieces? The time is ticking on the black box, which recorded the last moments of Flight 370, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia several weeks ago.

Just the term “several weeks ago” sounds unrealistic in our informational age of ‘right now’. How can you lose a plane? That is exactly the question I have started with in my personal survey with the community. And the theories are endless. Opinions are countless. One of my fans reminded me of the black box in the Ron Brown United States Air Force plane crash in 1996. Very, very controversial subject, especially among informed African Americans. Ron Brown was President Clinton’s Commerce Secretary. He was also the top fundraiser for the administration. Ron Brown’s plane disappeared in the Adriatic Sea while on a trade mission to Bosnia Herzegovina with over 30 other business executives.

Ron Brown’s body was recovered, the black box was not. Magnum mayhem turned heated when an apparent bullet hole showed up in his body. An autopsy was not conducted. These series of events evolved over a lengthy period of time, and emotions ran high with the circumstances.

Glenn Miller, band leader and jazz musician, famous for several recordings, was flying from England to France to entertain troops at the close of World War II. He never arrived in France. The plane was never found. So many mysteries. So few answers. Too many authorities. And absolutely too much news about what is not happening.

With the lost of Flight 370, we have indeed learned a lot. At one point in the investigation, there were more than 26 nations and 15 ships in the oceans searching. The searches were meaningful in theory, but negative in communication. Maybe what the world needs now is less technology and more talk.

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