flight recorder
noun
: a crashworthy instrument for recording flight data (such as airspeed and altitude)
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Investigators also said that about a second before impact, the jet's flight recorder showed a change in its pitch.
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CBS News, 2 Feb. 2025
Emergency response crews, which did not expect to find survivors, have thus far recovered more than 40 bodies and several aircraft parts, including the flight recorders, from the icy Potomac River.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 31 Jan. 2025
Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 meters), when the crash happened, NTSB officials told reporters.
—David R. Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet , plus or minus 25 feet, when the crash happened, NTSB officials told reporters.
—David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 2 Feb. 2025
Emergency response crews, which did not expect to find survivors, have thus far recovered more than 40 bodies and several aircraft parts, including the flight recorders, from the icy Potomac River.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 31 Jan. 2025
Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 meters), when the crash happened, NTSB officials told reporters.
—David R. Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet , plus or minus 25 feet, when the crash happened, NTSB officials told reporters.
—David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Flight recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20recorder. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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