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flight recorder

NOUN
device for recording flight data
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As part of the investigation into the incident, the agency confirmed that it’s gathering radar, weather and flight recorder data.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2025

Investigators have now recovered flight recorder data and are working hard to find out.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2025

The N.T.S.B. received data downloaded from the digital flight recorder that will help “investigators in determining the length and severity of the event,” the safety board said in the statement.

From New York Times Jun. 14, 2024

The plane is not required to have a flight recorder but it is possible that there are other avionics equipment that will have data that they can examine, Gerhardt said.

From Washington Times Jun. 5, 2023

For months I studied and plotted the data from the plane’s flight recorder, noting the plane’s altitude, speed, acceleration, and so on, measured during the flight.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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