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Why are digital signals more reliable than magnetic tapes in recording and transmitting information during a flight? answer

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They're not really, they're more convenient. Either one is basically 100% reliable. The problem is that tape is usually on the flight, so you have to find the crash site before you get the data. If the data is transmitted and stored somewhere else, it's available before the wreckage is found.

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Digital signals are more reliable than magnetic tapes in recording and transmitting information during a flight. Both are used in a Flight Data Recorder (FDR) for black boxes in airplanes. The magnetic tapes are used starting from the first flight of an aircraft up to this day. It is considered as an analog recorder and can easily be tampered. On the other hand, digital signals are automatically converted electric signals and recorded to the data recorder so it can't be easily tampered.

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