said in an update at 4:30 p.m. Friday that the black box from the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial plane in Washington D.C. has been recovered. Investigators are reviewing the ...

The first thing to know about an airliner’s “black box” is that it’s actually bright orange. There are also two of them: one records mounds of flight data, from the aircraft's speed and ...

Digital flight data recorders, which record speed, altitude and other critical information, must now also record more data more frequently. The devices, commonly called "black boxes," are orange ...

In the event of an airplane accident, the flight recorder provides data that is invaluable for clarification. The device was ...

When a Voepass flight came crashing down in thick smoke, it killed all 62 passengers onboard and was reported as the ...

Map showing the possible MH370 black box ping locations Updated @ 06:30 April 1: We're now three weeks into the search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Satellites and aircraft continue to spot ...

After I watched a rough cut of "Crash of Flight 111" here at the NOVA offices, a colleague who watched it with me asked, "Why don't they just beam black-box data in real time to ground stations ...

The jet’s disappearance remains one of the great aviation mysteries. The black box from United Airlines Flight 93 revealed sounds of a struggle as passengers tried to reclaim control of the ...

India launches advanced facility for decoding flight data recorders (DFDR) and cockpit voice recorders (CVR), boosting ...