What in the world was going on in the world?
1972 is a time that the twenty first generation children won't be able to automatically picture in there minds. An event that one might be able to connect it with is the vietnam war. Also, the GPS was invented in 1973. The black box was created in the 1950's and is today used worldwide in aviation.
"Any commercial airplane or corporate jet is required to be equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder. It is these two items of separate equipment which we commonly refer to as a ‘Black Box.’ While they do nothing to help the plane when it is in the air, both these pieces of equipment are vitally important should the plane crash, as they help crash investigators find out what happened just before the crash," (Air crash investigation). Black boxes help identify where a plane is in the event of a crash to help figure the location of it before the signal is lost. One box is located in the front and the other in the tail in case the plane snaps in half. This device was introduced in 1953. If this device was on the Fair child F-227, It could've prevented more deaths because the plane would be identified quicker.
“The Global Positioning System, formally known as the Navstar Global Positioning System, was initiated in 1973 to reduce the proliferation of navigation aids. By creating a system that overcame the limitations of many existing navigation systems," )Federal Aviation Administration). The GPS was introduced into the world in 1973, one year after the Andes Plane crash of 1972. This device helps direct navigation in all vehicles today. having this device would help correct the human error that occurred.
"Opposition to the Vietnam War was high in the early 1970s. Many Australians began to doubt that the war would ever be won and strongly opposed the government's policy of conscription, or compulsory military service. On 8 May 1970, over 200 000 people around Australia gathered in cities to demonstrate against Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War," (Red Apple Education Ltd). Many people might not know what events were going on in the 1970s. The vietnam war ended April 30th, 1975. The Vietnam War is the most recognizable event in history throughout the early 1970's