There’s a Flight Data Recorder (FDR), charged with recording aircraft telemetry, and a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), designed to record what’s going on in the cabin. It sounds straightforward ...

Universal Avionics CEO Dror Yahav sees “a remarkable retrofit market opportunity” for Kapture, the OEM’s sixth generation of ...

The flight recorder reportedly suffered some external damage, but the cockpit voice recorder was found in a relatively better condition. The ministry has noted it may take more time to extract ...

Also, the FAA is not requiring aircraft to have two cockpit voice recorders/digital flight data recorders, one close to the cockpit and the other as far aft as possible, increasing the likelihood ...

On June 1st, 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-200, was en route to Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport from Rio de Janeiro when it apparently plunged into the Atlantic roughly ...

The flight data recorder is located at the tail of the aircraft — an area that is most likely to survive a crash. But the voice recorder is placed inside the cockpit to record the pilots ...

The cockpit voice recorder would provide investigators with details of the communications between the flight's three pilots. It is required on board a Boeing 737-800 plane. Advisory Alert ...