black box
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INDIA & MIDDLE EAST: Air India Express ‘black boxes’ recovered
Investigators have recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit (DFDAU) from the wreckage of the Air India Express aircraft that crashed while attempting to land at India’s Mangalore airport early in the morn…
01 June 2010
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EU push for satellite safety info
Prompted by difficulties retrieving flight-data recorders after recent fatal airliner crashes, European aviation regulators want to start using satellites to transmit critical in-flight safety information. The European Union and other European a…
01 April 2010
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Airbus study to improve flight data recovery
Plane maker Airbus has launched a study into flight data recovery, including – but not limited to – extended data transmission for commercial aircraft, so that in the event of an accident, critical flight information can be recovered and release…
01 August 2009
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Air France crash: Terrorism possibility gains ground
Brazilian and French search crews have recovered another 13 bodies from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil where Air France Flight 447 with 228 passengers and crew aboard, came down over a week ago. Airbus 330-200 crashed en route from Rio de…
11 June 2009
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SINGAPORE: Singapore to analyse 'black boxes'
Singapore has announced its Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), has recently set up a fl ight recorder readout facility to download and analyze data from the cockpit voice and fl ightdata recorders. “Our AAIB is more than happy to offer …
01 October 2007
