06/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - Longer life-cycle for black boxes? The European Air Safety Agency (EASA) proposed on Tuesday 6 May to extend from 30 to 90 days the broadcast time of aircraft “black boxes”, the locator beacons of flight recorders. Extending their life cycle makes particular sense following the high-profile disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing earlier this year. The director of the EASA, Patrick Ky, said that the proposed change was designed to “increase safety by...