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Boeing, Airbus at odds over black boxes that eject

By Joan Lowy
Published October 7, 2014 9:06pm ET
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Boeing, Airbus at odds over black boxes that eject
FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file-pool photo, taken from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2-Orion aircraft, co-pilot Squadron Leader Brett McKenzie looks out of a window while searching for debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia. The world's two largest commercial aircraft manufacturers are at odds over equipping airliners with black boxes that eject in the event of a crash, making them easier to find. Questions about whether airliners should be equipped with deployable black boxes arose after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in March. The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board still has not been found. (AP Photo/Greg Wood, File-Pool) | Greg Wood

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s two largest commercial aircraft manufacturers are at odds over equipping airliners with black boxes that eject in the event of a crash, making them easier to find.

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