flight data recorder
noun
: a device on an aircraft that records information (such as airspeed and altitude) about a flight
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Both black boxes, the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, are now being analyzed for valuable clues that could help determine the cause.
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
The aircraft was not equipped with a flight data recorder, also known as a black box, which records vital data that can be used in an investigation.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board said investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane and will analyze the black boxes for critical information about the moments leading up to the crash.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder — known as black boxes — from the American Airlines plane have been recovered, the NTSB told CNN.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
But radar readings from the airport tower place the helicopter at 200 feet, while the flight data recorder for the commercial jet – which was approaching Reagan National Airport for a landing – reported the jet was at an altitude of 325 feet, NTSB member J. Todd Inman said over the weekend.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Live 00:00 02:30 02:30 Recovery teams lift engine, other parts of American Airlines jet that crashed
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A cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were recovered from the plane, and the black boxes are at a lab for evaluation, the NTSB said last week.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Board chairperson Jennifer Homendy told CNN on Monday that information was recovered from the flight data recorder.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were recovered Thursday and sent to the NTSB lab.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 31 Jan. 2025
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
The aircraft was not equipped with a flight data recorder, also known as a black box, which records vital data that can be used in an investigation.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board said investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane and will analyze the black boxes for critical information about the moments leading up to the crash.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder — known as black boxes — from the American Airlines plane have been recovered, the NTSB told CNN.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
But radar readings from the airport tower place the helicopter at 200 feet, while the flight data recorder for the commercial jet – which was approaching Reagan National Airport for a landing – reported the jet was at an altitude of 325 feet, NTSB member J. Todd Inman said over the weekend.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Live 00:00 02:30 02:30 Recovery teams lift engine, other parts of American Airlines jet that crashed
02:30
A cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were recovered from the plane, and the black boxes are at a lab for evaluation, the NTSB said last week.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Board chairperson Jennifer Homendy told CNN on Monday that information was recovered from the flight data recorder.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were recovered Thursday and sent to the NTSB lab.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 31 Jan. 2025
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