flight recorder
noun
: a crashworthy instrument for recording flight data (such as airspeed and altitude)
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Workers at the crash site have recovered the flight recorders, the Russian Investigative Committee said Friday.
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Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
The plane is not required to have a flight recorder.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
The other flight recorder, presumably the one whose recovery was announced on Sunday, is used to store information about the plane’s motion, speed, altitude and mechanical performance.
—New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
On Friday, several Chinese media outlets mistakenly reported that searchers had found the second flight recorder.
—New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
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Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
The plane is not required to have a flight recorder.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
The other flight recorder, presumably the one whose recovery was announced on Sunday, is used to store information about the plane’s motion, speed, altitude and mechanical performance.
—New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
On Friday, several Chinese media outlets mistakenly reported that searchers had found the second flight recorder.
—New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
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“Flight recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20recorder. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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