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.

Examples of cockpit voice recorder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, the truck was cleared to cross the runway 20 seconds before the crash. —Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026

There is no indication yet if the pilots saw the fire truck on the runway, Homendy said, noting that the NTSB is still analyzing the cockpit voice recorder. —Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026

Investigators were able to recover the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, a device that records the pilots’ conversation, and the plane’s flight data recorder or black box. —Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026

Right before the crash, discussions captured on the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the pilot wanted the landing gear to be launched. —Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2026

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