A new generation of cockpit voice recorders is emerging on the market, thanks to advances in digital technology in combination with regulatory mandates. Stephen Leaper, product line manager for flight ...

Every time there’s a plane crash or other aviation safety incident, we often hear talk of the famous “black box”. Of course, anyone these days will tell you that they’re not black, but orange, for ...

PORTLAND, OREGON - JANUARY 7: In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, members of the NTSB speak in the cockpit while examining Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on ...

FAA is launching a rulemaking process to extend cockpit voice recorders (CVR) to capture 25 hours of information. [Credit: Pixabay] The FAA is initiating a rulemaking process to extend cockpit voice ...

Most U.S.-registered aircraft will soon need to be equipped with cockpit voice recorders that can record for a minimum of 25 hours, up from the current requirement for minimum recording capacity of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The National Transportation Safety Board says they have been successful in obtaining information from the data recorders aboard the UPS jet that crashed during takeoff from ...

The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) of Air France Flight 447 were retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean nearly two years after the 2009 crash. These "black boxes" were found ...

The agency reported the airplane's crew were in communication with air traffic control and were being provided radar vectors for the runway 26L approach into George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Crew ...

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Tuesday said it is conducting a “detailed” investigation and has sought “special support” to retrieve data from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of ...

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