flight recorder
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As part of the investigation into the incident, the agency confirmed that it’s gathering radar, weather and flight recorder data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
Although data from the flight recorder shows the engines were subsequently restarted, it was too late to prevent the crash.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
The plane is not required to have a flight recorder but it is possible and there are other avionics equipment that will have data that they can examine, Gerhardt said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 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.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Sitting next to Caviedes was his first officer, Mauricio Klotz, and in the flight recorder, there are long stretches of nothing but rustling and engine noise.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
