cockpit
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Audio recordings from the cockpit captured one pilot asking the other why he had "cut-off" and the other replying that he had not.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
For a year, the families of the victims have lived with unanswered questions: what happened in the cockpit, why the aircraft lost thrust, whether the disaster was human error, mechanical failure or something else entirely.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility, which sits on 15.5 acres on Western Avenue, designs, analyzes, tests and certifies military canopies, cockpit windows and passenger widows, according to its website.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
“We’re kind of declaring ourselves to be the leaders in cockpit communications,” he said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
She managed it at last, and with the cockpit canopy open she was thrown from the plane by accident.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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