Most people know that electronic flight data recorders -- also known as "black boxes" -- are a critical source of information to aircraft crash investigators. Yet most motorists don't realize that if ...

It's one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The so-called “black box."There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and ...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Police boats combed the banks of the Potomac River on Friday, moving slowly under rainy skies and scanning the shoreline as investigators sought clues into the midair collision that ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A critical part of the NTSB investigation into the events leading up to the midair collision between an Army helicopter and Flight 5342 revolves around the flight recorder, ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a minute-by-minute report from the flight data and audio recorders aboard Flight 5342 in a press conference Saturday ...

(Reuters) — U.S. federal safety investigators have located the “black box” recorders from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from the airport at Louisville, Kentucky, ...

As the recovery operation continued after a commercial airliner collided with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital this week, federal aviation officials announced Thursday they had recovered ...

It's one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The so-called “black box." There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and ...