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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Air traffic controllers didn’t hear anything concerning before the crash, and the NTSB was still looking for the cockpit voice recorder, a helpful piece of evidence in the investigation, Homendy said.
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
Water had gotten inside the cockpit voice recorder, which will make downloading the data more difficult.
—Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article The last moments of the crew manning the medical transport plane that crashed in Philadelphia, killing seven people, will remain a mystery because the cockpit voice recorder was not working at the time, federal investigators said Thursday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
As part of its investigation, the NTSB will collect air traffic control communications and has asked for the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from Flexjet and the flight data recorder from Southwest, Homendy said.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
Water had gotten inside the cockpit voice recorder, which will make downloading the data more difficult.
—Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article The last moments of the crew manning the medical transport plane that crashed in Philadelphia, killing seven people, will remain a mystery because the cockpit voice recorder was not working at the time, federal investigators said Thursday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
As part of its investigation, the NTSB will collect air traffic control communications and has asked for the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from Flexjet and the flight data recorder from Southwest, Homendy said.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Cockpit voice recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockpit%20voice%20recorder. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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