flight data recorder
noun
: a device on an aircraft that records information (such as airspeed and altitude) about a flight
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South Korea's Transport Ministry said on Saturday that the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) from the Boeing 737-800 had stopped working four minutes before the crash.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The damaged flight data recorder had been deemed unrecoverable for data extraction by South Korean authorities, who sent it to the United States for analysis at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board laboratory.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune Asia, 11 Jan. 2025
The aircraft’s flight data recorder, which sustained some damage, is being taken to the United States for analysis in cooperation with the NTSB.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
The flight data recorder was found partially damaged and the cockpit voice recorder was collected intact, officials said.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Officials reportedly have recovered the flight data recorder from the plane's black box and are still searching for the cockpit voice recorders.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
There was no cockpit recorder or flight data recorder, but investigators pieced together the aircraft’s movements from its GPS tracker and ground radar data.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board has once again urged the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate that all aircraft equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder can record 25 hours of audio.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The helicopter wasn’t required to have a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder and didn’t have either, Graham said.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The damaged flight data recorder had been deemed unrecoverable for data extraction by South Korean authorities, who sent it to the United States for analysis at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board laboratory.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune Asia, 11 Jan. 2025
The aircraft’s flight data recorder, which sustained some damage, is being taken to the United States for analysis in cooperation with the NTSB.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
The flight data recorder was found partially damaged and the cockpit voice recorder was collected intact, officials said.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Officials reportedly have recovered the flight data recorder from the plane's black box and are still searching for the cockpit voice recorders.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
There was no cockpit recorder or flight data recorder, but investigators pieced together the aircraft’s movements from its GPS tracker and ground radar data.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board has once again urged the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate that all aircraft equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder can record 25 hours of audio.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The helicopter wasn’t required to have a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder and didn’t have either, Graham said.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Flight data recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20data%20recorder. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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