If you want to establish why a plane crashed, you need to retrieve the black box. This virtually indestructible orange device ...

An aircraft black box is a crucial device used to record flight data and cockpit audio, aiding investigators in understanding the causes of crashes. It consists of two main components: the Flight Data ...

The crash occurred just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, attempted to land and collided in midair with the Black Hawk helicopter.

Following the devastating military helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight individuals, including the two government ...

Families of the 260 Air India crash victims demand release of flight recorders, citing eroding public trust amid ...

The flight data recorder monitors a plane’s altitude, airspeed and heading, according to the NTSB. Those factors are among at least 88 parameters that newly built planes must monitor.

The Black Hawk's black box -- a combined cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder -- has been recovered in good condition, NTSB member Todd Inman said during a briefing.

The National Transportation Safety Board has said it has found both recorders from the American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 plane and is evaluating each. The NTSB also said the Sikorsky H-60 ...

After the devastating helicopter crash that resulted in the tragic death of eight individuals, including two cabinet ...

The black box is one of the most important safety devices on an aircraft, and it contains two main pieces of equipment—a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder. The former equipment ...

American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.