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

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.

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 ...

“We are formally demanding the immediate release of the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder – the black box.

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

Many Ghanaians may have heard about a “black box” for the first time following the fatal helicopter crash at Adansi Sikaman, ...

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 ...

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