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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According to the report, maintenance inspection records showed that the jet was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder that could reveal what may have happened onboard.
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USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
Investigators were unable to find a cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder at the crash site.
—USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
The jet was destroyed, and while it was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder that could shed light on what happened onboard, the device has not been recovered, according to the report.
—Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
One reason for a lack of a probable cause is that the cockpit voice recorder has not yet been located and studied.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
Local officials say a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the site of the crash of a passenger plane in Nepal.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
Officials have recovered both black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, said a spokesperson for Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
Searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday, and combed through debris scattered down the 300-meter-deep (984-foot-deep) ravine in search of the two missing, who are presumed dead.
—Time, 17 Jan. 2023
Searchers found the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday, and combed through debris scattered down a gorge in search of the people who remain missing, but are presumed dead.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
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USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
Investigators were unable to find a cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder at the crash site.
—USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
The jet was destroyed, and while it was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder that could shed light on what happened onboard, the device has not been recovered, according to the report.
—Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
One reason for a lack of a probable cause is that the cockpit voice recorder has not yet been located and studied.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
Local officials say a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the site of the crash of a passenger plane in Nepal.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
Officials have recovered both black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, said a spokesperson for Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
Searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday, and combed through debris scattered down the 300-meter-deep (984-foot-deep) ravine in search of the two missing, who are presumed dead.
—Time, 17 Jan. 2023
Searchers found the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday, and combed through debris scattered down a gorge in search of the people who remain missing, but are presumed dead.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
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