cockpit voice recorder
noun
: a device that records the voices of the pilots and crew in the cockpit of an airplane
If an airplane crashes, its cockpit voice recorder can be used to help find out what caused it to crash.
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In the case of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, the jet’s cockpit voice recorder data was overwritten because of it has only a two-hour capacity.
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Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The chairwoman of the safety board, Jennifer Homendy, said the agency’s investigators had conducted 10 investigations since 2018 in which the cockpit voice recorder had been written over, with critical recordings lost forever.
—Mark Walker, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Homendy cited a provision, for example, that would require some aircraft to be fitted with a cockpit voice recorder capable of recording up to 25 hours.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board has once again urged the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate that all aircraft equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder can record 25 hours of audio.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Brickhouse said that even though this incident took place just minutes after takeoff, the cockpit voice recorder continued recording after the plane landed, and by the time investigators retrieved it, all of the audio from the incident had been overwritten.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
The helicopter wasn’t required to have a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder and didn’t have either, Graham said.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Federal officials on Sunday night also pointed out a major obstacle to the Alaska Airlines investigation: The cockpit voice recorder, or black box, from the Friday night flight was erased.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
Homendy said that after the aircraft returned to Portland International Airport, no one pulled the circuit breaker on the cockpit voice recorder or otherwise preserved the audio, which holds only its most recent two hours.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The chairwoman of the safety board, Jennifer Homendy, said the agency’s investigators had conducted 10 investigations since 2018 in which the cockpit voice recorder had been written over, with critical recordings lost forever.
—Mark Walker, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Homendy cited a provision, for example, that would require some aircraft to be fitted with a cockpit voice recorder capable of recording up to 25 hours.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board has once again urged the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate that all aircraft equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder can record 25 hours of audio.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Brickhouse said that even though this incident took place just minutes after takeoff, the cockpit voice recorder continued recording after the plane landed, and by the time investigators retrieved it, all of the audio from the incident had been overwritten.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
The helicopter wasn’t required to have a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder and didn’t have either, Graham said.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Federal officials on Sunday night also pointed out a major obstacle to the Alaska Airlines investigation: The cockpit voice recorder, or black box, from the Friday night flight was erased.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
Homendy said that after the aircraft returned to Portland International Airport, no one pulled the circuit breaker on the cockpit voice recorder or otherwise preserved the audio, which holds only its most recent two hours.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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