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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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder had been removed from the aircraft and sent to a lab for further analysis.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from both aircraft are currently being examined in the NTSB laboratories.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The conversion of data from the cockpit voice recorder to audio files, which could provide critical information on the final minutes of the flight, was completed on Thursday, Joo Jong-wan, the deputy transport minister for civil aviation, told a media briefing.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from both aircraft are currently being examined in the NTSB laboratories.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The conversion of data from the cockpit voice recorder to audio files, which could provide critical information on the final minutes of the flight, was completed on Thursday, Joo Jong-wan, the deputy transport minister for civil aviation, told a media briefing.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
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