In the high-stakes world of aviation, the black box, officially known as the flight recorder, is recognized as an important device for flight safety and accountability. Black boxes have often been ...

A Chinese patrol ship detected a pulse signal in the Southern Indian Ocean according to reports on Saturday. Although the ...

As technology improved, the board required flight data recorders on large carriers and commercial planes beginning in 1957, cockpit recorders beginning in 1967. The black boxes are built to ...

There was nothing on the cockpit voice recorder,” Homendy told reporters. Current Federal Aviation Authority regulations only require black boxes to record two hours of flight audio, including ...

A black box is a flight data recorder that collects information on communications involving pilots in cockpits and how the aircraft systems perform in-flight. It is designed to be practically ...

WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY on Thursday evening that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight ... with the Black Hawk helicopter.

The so-called “black box." There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. And they're typically orange, not black.

The so-called “black box." There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. And they're typically orange, not black.