flight data recorder
noun
: a device on an aircraft that records information (such as airspeed and altitude) about a flight
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They also, if possible, recover recording devices from the aircraft, such as a flight data recorder.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Dell said an aircraft’s flight data recorder should help explain how the fuel switches were flipped in each case.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Black boxes that contain the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were recovered in mid-June.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 3 July 2025
What To Know Analysis of both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder is currently underway, Mohol said.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The airplane was not equipped with a flight data recorder.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Professor Paul Fromme at the U.K.-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers said in a statement that the flight data recorder has the information on engine and control settings, apart from the voice record of any cockpit conversations.
—Shonal Ganguly, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Authorities said the plane's flight data recorder, or black box, was recovered from a rooftop at the crash site.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 13 June 2025
The plane likely has a flight data recorder and possibly a cockpit voice recorder, but neither one has been recovered yet, according to Simpson.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Dell said an aircraft’s flight data recorder should help explain how the fuel switches were flipped in each case.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Black boxes that contain the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were recovered in mid-June.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 3 July 2025
What To Know Analysis of both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder is currently underway, Mohol said.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The airplane was not equipped with a flight data recorder.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Professor Paul Fromme at the U.K.-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers said in a statement that the flight data recorder has the information on engine and control settings, apart from the voice record of any cockpit conversations.
—Shonal Ganguly, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Authorities said the plane's flight data recorder, or black box, was recovered from a rooftop at the crash site.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 13 June 2025
The plane likely has a flight data recorder and possibly a cockpit voice recorder, but neither one has been recovered yet, according to Simpson.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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