Correction — August 6, 2010 The recording of technical data such as airspeed, altitude, control inputs etc is not handled by the cockpit voice recorder, as suggested in this article, but is in fact handled by the flight data recorder. This article uses the term ‘black box’ for the cockpit voice recorder, a device which…
American disc jockey “DJ AM” dies at 36 of suspected drug overdose
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U.S. Congress passes CAFTA with 2 vote House margin
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Imprisoned Haitian priest may need US doctors
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Ozzy Osbourne’s personal possessions fetch $800,000 for charity
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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
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