flight recorder

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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 recovered flight recorder data from the Air India crash earlier this month, the civil aviation ministry has confirmed, marking a key step in the probe.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

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

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2023

On Friday, several Chinese media outlets mistakenly reported that searchers had found the second flight recorder.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2022

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