flight data recorder

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Findings from the flight data recorder showed that "while cruising at 29,000 ft, the fuel switches on both engines moved from the run position to the cutoff position."

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Investigators said they had located the aircraft’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, or so-called black boxes, and would be taking the devices to Washington, D.C., for analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board is examining a mix of clues and said the aircraft did not have a flight data recorder, which would have provided more information.

From BBC • May 23, 2025

The helicopter wasn’t required to have a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder and didn’t have either, Graham said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Two important items were soon discovered: the cockpit voice recorder was found at once and after a period of systematic digging into the snow the digital flight data recorder was recovered as well.

From Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster C.A. 95/81 by New Zealand. Court of Appeal